In an Uncertain World
A Fragile Unity
A Fragile Unity
Canada struggles with its future amid a Quebec sovereignty
vote and constitutional hurtles
"I had a real sense that the country wouldn’t last.
It would
become a confederation of shopping centres....
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In an Uncertain World
A Fragile Unity
A Fragile Unity
Canada struggles with its future amid a Quebec sovereignty
vote and constitutional hurtles
"I had a real sense that the country wouldn’t last.
It would
become a confederation of shopping centres.
" - Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau
In 1976, René
Lévesque and his
Parti Québécois
won the provincial
election.
And a
new era of
political
uncertainty began
in Canada.
One of the
Lévesque
government’s first
actions was to
introduce a
language law, Bill
101, which
declared French
to be the only
official language
of Quebec,
entrenching the
right of workers
to work in French
and the rights of
consumers to be
served in French.
By the end of the decade, the Parti Québécois had geared up for
its main political goal.
It launched a referendum asking voters if
they wanted to negotiate sovereignty-association from the rest
of Canada.
Around the country, Canadians were captivated by the
referendum
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