Canadian Society and Identity PLO Society and Identity

P 166 Protecting CDN Culture • • 1939 National Film Board 1957 Canada Council

Meanwhile, Les Canadiens… • P 191 • 1936 - 1959 Duplessis and the Union

Meanwhile, we’ve got First Nations… 1876 Indian Act -Assimilation, reserves, -P 69 1920’s despite

But you know I AM CANADIAN! • See ‘Protecting CDN culture’ • P 174

But you know I AM CANADIAN! • P 174 - 175 • 1965 Pearson

But you know I AM CANADIAN! • • P 177 1968 Trudeau Tudeaumania and

But you know I AM CANADIAN! • Don’t forget: – David Suzuki and Terry

Society and Identity Canada tried to form a single identity through First Nation and

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Canadian Society and Identity PLO Society and Identity Keep the Americans out, the French in, and make the First Nations disappear. So do we have anything that is Canadian?

P 166 Protecting CDN Culture • • 1939 National Film Board 1957 Canada Council 1952 CBC T. V. 1968 CRTC (CDN Radiotelevision Telecommunications Commission) • We don’t want your culture, but we will take your money: 1. Oil 1956 - 68%, 1967 88% 2. Manufacturing 1956 - over 50% What exactly is it we’re afraid of?

Meanwhile, Les Canadiens… • P 191 • 1936 - 1959 Duplessis and the Union Nationale (Nationalists) run Quebec like the Mafia • 1960 The Quiet Revolution - ‘Maitres Chez nous’, but also Separatism and the FLQ • 1965 a CDN Flag!? • 1969, on advice of ‘Bi and Bi commission, ’ Official Languages Act • Oct. 1970 The October Crisis and The War Measures Act • 1976 PQ and Bill 101 • Quebec separation Referendums: --> 1980 60% vote no, 1995 50. 6%

Meanwhile, we’ve got First Nations… 1876 Indian Act -Assimilation, reserves, -P 69 1920’s despite War, Aboriginals still not persons: residential schools, banning of ceremonies like the potlatch, cut-off lands - P 208 1960 right to vote in federal elections -1969 White paper vs. Red Paper -->calls for Self-Government -1990 Oka and the ‘Indian Summer’ -1998 Aboriginal Title defined (hence, Land Claims recognized) -1999 Nunavut - largest treaty ever Oka Crisis

But you know I AM CANADIAN! • See ‘Protecting CDN culture’ • P 174 • 1958 Diefenbaker • ‘un-hyphenated Canadianism’ • Bill of Rights

But you know I AM CANADIAN! • P 174 - 175 • 1965 Pearson – Canadian Flag • 1966 Pearson – Canada Pension Plan & Medicare

But you know I AM CANADIAN! • • P 177 1968 Trudeau Tudeaumania and a ‘just society’ P 204 1971 official multiculturalism policy • P 199 1982 Trudeau Patriates Constitution w/o Quebec. It includes: – the Charter of Right and Freedoms – An amending formula (7/10 provinces w. 50% of Canada’s population) – The notwithstanding clause P 201 Note: 1987 Trudeau also comes out of retirement to state Mulroney’s Meech Lake Accord to recognize Quebec as a distinct society will create ‘two solitudes. ’ Note: If Quebec is a distinct society, why not First Nations?

But you know I AM CANADIAN! • Don’t forget: – David Suzuki and Terry Fox and Hockey! • Regionalism – Western Alienation (National Energy Policy) and the Bloc Quebecois.

Society and Identity Canada tried to form a single identity through First Nation and Canadien assimilation xxx. Women were also forced to the sidelines. But Canada truly became a nation when we accepted that we are our own diverse, and not American xxx, nation and that tolerance and compassion are our greatest attributes xxx. Note: Can you think of an example where you see xxx?