1. Quebec referendum of 1980.
- Author
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Pendergrass, Jan
- Subjects
Canadian federal government ,Quiet Revolution, Québec (Province), 1960-1980 ,Québec autonomy & independence movements ,Parti québécois - Abstract
During the 1970’s, in the wake of what has been called la révolution tranquille (the quiet revolution), there was a significant rise in French Canadian nationalist sentiment. In Quebec, where over 80 percent of the population consisted of native French speakers, the Parti Québécois (PQ, or Québécois Party) assumed a prominent role in the province’s struggle against economic, political, and cultural inequities that decades of neglect had engendered. However, the question of whether or not Quebec should become sovereign, as the PQ leadership contended, remained a divisive political issue.
- Published
- 2022