The Parti Quebecois Analysis

The nineteen sixties were also an important time for the people of Quebec due to the creation of the Parti Quebecois. This was an incredibly substantial moment for the society of Quebec and the decolonization movement because it puts even more power into the hands of French speaking Quebecers, and gave them a legitimate political party that allowed for the representation of the Quebec people. This allowed for a more concrete presence of French Canadian opinions within politics that in turn provided a renewed sense of power and nationalism for the people of Quebec who we’re French speaking. A significant moment within the women’s revolution that could be used as a comparative example, between these two movements is the ability of married women
On s’est mis à parler de l’État du Québec et la législature du Québec a pris le nom d’assemblée nationale a la fin des années soixante” (Balthazar, 1992, 7). This was an outstanding moment for French Canadian nationalistic pride due to the fact that finally it seemed that as a society they we’re being recognized as significant within Canada. This was an important development towards the goal of decolonization, because it more or less finalized the colonizer, colony mentality and proved that Quebec was an individualistic society that was not as much of a stranger in their own land. It allowed for the French speaking individuals of Quebec to feel as though they belonged and had a position within Canada as a whole not only Quebec. Both the women’s liberation movement and the Quebec decolonization movement of the 1960s were wrought with social justice, change and developments. They both pushed boundaries and gained a lot of ground in very short period of time, which allowed the individuals within the movement to gain more confidence and pride throughout their
The cause for separatism also caused another reason for turbulence within the province of Quebec, as well as creates a divide within Quebecois society. “Ce discours, qui fusionne nationalisme et socialisme autour de l’idée de décolonisation, s’infiltre dans le débat qui fait alors rage au Canada français entre les nationalistes de droite ou non séparatives et la gauche antinationaliste, pour renvoyer les deux camps dos a dos” (Lapointe, 2008 pp. 299). Those who we’re anti-separatist we’re viewed as non-nationalist in the eyes of those who supported the separatist movement, and those who were against the separatist movement felt a sense of resentment towards those who viewed them as anti-nationalists. While whether or not separatism would be a necessary factor for movement is debated throughout Canada to this day, at this time, this idea was a relatively new and radical opinion. In fact the time period of the 1960s was the very beginning of the whisperings of Quebec sovereignty, with such organizations developing such as the Rassemblement pour l’Independence nationale or RIN. This invoked the development of the more radical parties such as the FLQ, which would go on to become a violent organisation that cast a darker shadow over the Quebecois separatist movement. Of