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15 Cards in this Set
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What is regionalism? |
An allegiance or psychological connection to a territory with its own unique political characteristics. |
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What is political culture? |
A society's innate political characteristics, embodied in the structure of its institutions and beliefs of its members. |
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What is sectionalism? |
An emotional connection with one's regional homeland, rather than with one's country. |
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What is Western alienation? |
Political discontent in areas west of Ontario, normally encompassing frustration with perceived political favouritism to areas east of Manitoba. |
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What is nationalism? |
A unifying ideology among people who share a common homeland, ancestry, and language or culture. |
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What is sucessionism? |
A widely held sentiment that a province or territory should leave the Canadian federation. |
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What was the Quiet Revolution? |
An early 1960s modernizing movement in Quebec, geared toward a stronger provincial government and outward nationalism. |
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What is sovereignty-association? |
A proposed legal arrangement whereby Quebec would be politically independent but maintain economic ties with Canada. |
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What was the Meech Lake Accord? |
A failed constitutional accord in the late 1980s that would have recognized Quebec as a "distinct society." |
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What was the Charlottetown Accord? |
A failed accord in the early 1990s that proposed to renew the constitution, but was defeated in a national referendum. |
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What is the Clarity Act? |
Federal legislation passed in 2000 that sets out the terms for the federal government to deal with a province proposing to secede. |
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What is the Quebec nation motion? |
A non-binding federal motion passed in 2006 that recognized the unique character of the Quebecois. |
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What was the sponsorship scandal? |
An affair in which Liberal advertising agencies received public funds for work that was never performed. |
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What are allophones? |
Canadians whose dominant language is neither French nor English. |
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What is the Laurentian myth? |
A theory that historic perceptions of central Canadian dominance have spawned regionalist resentment in peripheral parts of the country. |
