Michael Ignatieff's The First Source: Nationalism

The first source is from Blood and Belonging, the quote is what Michael Ignatieff is saying. Mr. Ignatieff describes to us a certain type of nationalism, civic nationalism. Michael Ignatieff explains that if individuals agree to their countries political structure, that is all that matters, it does not matter if the individual is of another race, colour, gender, or any other distinction that one may make of the individual. He goes on to say that since they agree to the political system, this is nationalism is civic because they agree to all members of the country having the same rights and they are bound together by a sense of shared values. The concept of nationalism Michael Ignatieff is talking about is civic as we discussed, he supports
This source demands that Quebec be free from something, that something is Canada. Quebec has long since wanted freedom from Canada. They believe they had suffered unfair treatment and wear marginalized at the federal level of Canada’s government. There certainly is an aspect of nationalism present in this source. The people of Quebec are linked by their different ethnicity. Therefore they are connected by ethnic nationalism. Meaning they wish to be a nation made up of members who are all of the same ethnicity as them, the ethnicity in question is French ethnicity. The citizens of Quebec originally came from France during the time of the fur trade since many were being encouraged to go and there were many opportunities for them to increase their wealth. Upon arriving in Canada, all the French people lived close to each other. The French people lived in the Quebec area and due to them all living together they became a tight-knit community. Since they shared a different ethnicity than the English, they always felt that they were mistreated. Due to their ethnic nationalism, they used to demand separation from Canada. Nowadays it is not the case, they do not want separation because they have their businesses set up in Quebec and need to conduct business in Canada as well, should they separate then their businesses would be at loss, besides that, no one really feels like how the citizens of Quebec felt back then. An example of showing their ethnic nationalism is Bill 101. This bill made it so all the signs in Quebec were French only, and if you were an immigrant and came to Quebec you would have to send your children to a French school. They put this bill into play because the Anglophones in Quebec were increasing and Quebec was worried that their language would be wiped out and essentially they worried they