The French and English relations in Canada have always been in turmoil and of uncertainty, as my three topics and stamps will discuss. The French despise of the English began with the Conscription Crisis of World War One which proceeded to Quebec’s new ideas of ‘separation’ created during the Quiet Revolution, and finally the ‘saviour’ of Canadian identity within Quebec and on a whole, Pierre Trudeau and his efforts to create a balanced country.
The first topic I will be exploring is the 1917 to 1918 Conscription Crisis that specifically disturbed Quebec and its already dubious identity in Canada. Conscription was instated in 1917 by the federal government and lasted until the end of the war (Canadian Museum). The French-Canadians felt forced …show more content…
The war did not come to Canada, so uproars of conscription for the French-Canadians planted the seed of hatred towards the English, but also raised the question as to where Quebec stood in Canada. Due to the nature of this event, cause and consequence will be appropriate.
In my first stamp of the Conscription Crisis, there is a farmer who is relaxed with a brand new picket fence, with crops and livestock further in the distance. The soldier is depicted as tense and solemn as he stands behind old barbed wire, bullets flying past him. A hospital is seen in the distance with injured soldiers entering and exiting, as well as tombstones and a makeshift graveyard. All the while, Quebecois did not want to fight. However, it was much more than not wanting to fight. The French believed they should not be ‘dragged’ into a war they had no obligation to fight for, as Britain was never Quebecois homeland. …show more content…
Jean Lesage of the Liberals was elected in Quebec, and he promised “Maître chez nous” or “Masters of our own house”. This told French-Canadians that they shouldn’t take orders from English-speaking authority, rather, the French governed Quebec and should make decisions in order for the French language to survive and thrive. Ensuring the survival of the French language, English-based businesses were slowly removed and pushed out of Quebec. To even further prove Jean Lesage’s quote of “Masters of our own house”, education as well as healthcare was taken over by his government, nationalization of all private electricity companies within Quebec to create one great Hydro-Quebec. Later in 1961, the Quebec government expressed interest in signing cultural and educational agreements with France, yet Ottawa intervened declaring there could only be one speaker with any foreign country (Canadian Encyclopedia). All of the federal-provincial issues began to emphasize the question that had already been asked in the Conscription Crisis of World War One, and it was the place of Quebec and Francophones within
The first topic I will be exploring is the 1917 to 1918 Conscription Crisis that specifically disturbed Quebec and its already dubious identity in Canada. Conscription was instated in 1917 by the federal government and lasted until the end of the war (Canadian Museum). The French-Canadians felt forced …show more content…
The war did not come to Canada, so uproars of conscription for the French-Canadians planted the seed of hatred towards the English, but also raised the question as to where Quebec stood in Canada. Due to the nature of this event, cause and consequence will be appropriate.
In my first stamp of the Conscription Crisis, there is a farmer who is relaxed with a brand new picket fence, with crops and livestock further in the distance. The soldier is depicted as tense and solemn as he stands behind old barbed wire, bullets flying past him. A hospital is seen in the distance with injured soldiers entering and exiting, as well as tombstones and a makeshift graveyard. All the while, Quebecois did not want to fight. However, it was much more than not wanting to fight. The French believed they should not be ‘dragged’ into a war they had no obligation to fight for, as Britain was never Quebecois homeland. …show more content…
Jean Lesage of the Liberals was elected in Quebec, and he promised “Maître chez nous” or “Masters of our own house”. This told French-Canadians that they shouldn’t take orders from English-speaking authority, rather, the French governed Quebec and should make decisions in order for the French language to survive and thrive. Ensuring the survival of the French language, English-based businesses were slowly removed and pushed out of Quebec. To even further prove Jean Lesage’s quote of “Masters of our own house”, education as well as healthcare was taken over by his government, nationalization of all private electricity companies within Quebec to create one great Hydro-Quebec. Later in 1961, the Quebec government expressed interest in signing cultural and educational agreements with France, yet Ottawa intervened declaring there could only be one speaker with any foreign country (Canadian Encyclopedia). All of the federal-provincial issues began to emphasize the question that had already been asked in the Conscription Crisis of World War One, and it was the place of Quebec and Francophones within