french english relations

By hassanhamedm

  • conscription crisis

    when prime minister borden introduced military service act of 1917 he introduced conscription he divided canada along language lines english canada supportive of conscription french canada opposed

  • duplessis

    while limiting the influence of foreign culture he encouraged foreign investment business and industries from ontario and USA were attracted by what quebec had to offer which is cheap labour and low taxes

  • quiet revolution

    duplessis died jean lesage and the liberals came to power in quebec under the slogan time for change lesage-stamped out corruption
    government jobs and contracts were now awarded according to merit wages and pensions were raised

  • FLQ

    FLQ is a terrorist organization that started on march 7 1963 they used fire bombs to attack english canadian power in quebec FLQ claimed responsibility for all actions

  • separatism

    resentment towards english speaking canada grew no french schools in the rest of canada francophones expected to speak english in stores and at work

  • the war measures act

    it gave the government the power to take away civil rights and detained suspects without charge for 90 days at the end of the war measures act 400 people were arrested

  • official languages act

    canada becomes officially bilingual in 1969 in 1969 canada made english and french the two official languages

  • october crisis

    on october 5 1970 the FLQ kidnapped james cross a british diplomat from his montreal home FLQ agreed to give him back if they released all FLQ members that were locked up and other demands all demands were met except to release the members in jail then FLQ kidnapped quebec labour minister pierre laporte

  • bill 22

    made french the official language of quebec and strengthened french in the workplace children had to pass an english proficiency test before being allowed to register at english schools in quebec

  • bill 101

    premier Rene Levesque proposed bill 101 to replace bill 22 it required that french be the language used by governments, courts, and business in quebec and that commercial signs be in french only