The FLQ stood for ‘Front de libération du Québec. It was a radical group that wished to separate Quebec out of Canada‚ by using any power‚ resorting to force (The October Crisis). This group orchestrated many bombings and protests‚ especially in 1968 and 1969. They took it a step further by abducting British diplomat‚ James
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In 1942 Maurice Richard entered the National Hockey League. By the year 1946 he was a hero to most boys found in the province of Quebec. “The Hockey Sweater” demonstrates this in the town of St. Justine. Maurice Richard‚ as known as “The Rocket”‚ lived in the hearts of all aspiring French hockey players‚ especially those in Quebec‚ who tried to not only look like Maurice‚ but act like him as well. Maurice was a hero to these boys as seen in three ways: his background and rise to the NHL‚ his talent
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Set in Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Mordecai Richler’s novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz broke off from the existing Canadian satirical tradition by eschewing the typical rural settings of previous Canadian satirists. Still‚ Duddy’s obsession with land is a modern-day invader-settler narrative. In this regard‚ the novel follows the guidelines of the classic Canadian story. Owning land‚ for Duddy‚ a minority‚ represents a ticket to obtaining mainstream visibility and power‚ seeing as ownership carries
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Gabrielle Roy was a French-Canadian author born and raised in Saint Boniface‚ Manitoba in 1909; her hometown us now a part of Winnipeg‚ Manitoba today. Gabrielle started out studying to be a teacher‚ but ended up settling in Quebec to live as a sketch artist and continue her writing. She had lived in Europe for a little time but had to move back to Canada when World War II started in 1939. She had written novels such as Bonheur occasion (1945)‚ known in English as The Tin Flute‚ and Alexandre Chenevert
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In the early 17th century‚ a few decades after Cartier’s death‚ France colonized Canada and named it “New France”. This colonization period lasted about two-hundred-years‚ until Canada came into its own in 1791 with the “Canada Act” which divided Quebec into the provinces of lower and upper Canada. These provinces merged again in 1867 into the sovereign Canada that is present today. Though this statement of independence was not complete‚ because Canadians still speak the French language(“Cartier”
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by Felipe Munoz 22 March 2009 IS PIERRE PELADEAU A GOOD ROLE-MODEL FOR BUSINESS STUDENTS? Many of us have heard of Pierre Peladeau‚ a man who built a multi-billion dollar company from a $1‚500 loan. He is one of the most famous entrepreneurs of Quebec history. There is no doubt that he achieved a lot during his life time and there is no doubt that a lot of it was good. He was and is still an icon of Canadian business world. For instance‚ he was known for donating millions to charities and even
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spoke English. Maurice Duplessis 20 April 1890 – 7 September 1959 served as the 16th Premier of the canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. A founder and leader of the highly conservative Union Nationale party. During the Duplessis reign of 1946-19594 many Anglophone Canadian investors were the owners of the majority of the companies in Quebec. On March 24‚ 1937 Maurice passed the Padlock law. The law was ill-defined‚ denied the presumption of innocence‚ and clearly
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When the four initial colonies of Canada‚ being: Ontario‚Quebec‚ Nova Scotia and New Brunswick confederation in 1867 ; there was still much debate for the remaining colonies on whether to join. There is definitely an argument for both sides‚ but in my opinion --- I believe confederation was a good thing. One advantage of confederation was that when the colonies were united as a country‚ we would be able to fend off attacks from the South. Also it would act as a symbol to intimidate the Americans
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History of the marketing of maple syrup products As far back as 1958‚ the maple syrup producers of the Beauce region (south of Quebec City) implemented a joint plan for the organization of the marketing of maple syrup products. This joint plan was later replaced by its provincial equivalent. In 1989‚ the Régie des marches agricoles oversaw a referendum held to vote on the provincial joint plan for maple syrup producers and noted that the majority of producers targeted by the referendum exercised
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“What grievous social errors we had committed‚ by being too much identified with the French.” (Page 206 First Para). During this time period there was still hate and disliking between French Canadians and English Canadians due to the tension between Quebec and the Rest of Canada. The French Canadians looked down on the father since he never had a real job. The town kept talking about him which his daughter dint like‚ but the father dint change for anyone and remains who he is and continues doing what
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