Keywords: Include images of partners. This group was influenced by the writings of legal scholar Wilfrid Morin, a marginal figure who had promoted independence in the s. To achieve their aim, RIN members worked in the field, organizing public lectures and demonstrations, handing out pamphlets, meeting with people and even occasionally committing acts of civil disobedience.
In the provincial election, the RIN ran 73 candidates. Although none was elected, the party did manage to win 5. Most of the independence organizations of the decade defined themselves in relation to the RIN, but were not actually political parties. The RN won 3. Founded in by Raymond Villeneuve born , Gabriel Hudon born and Georges Schoeters born , the FLQ set itself apart by its willingness to resort to violence.
Made up primarily of young people, FLQ cells attacked British and Canadian symbols, such as military facilities and commemorative monuments, set off bombs and committed hold-ups.
The RIN, which failed to reach agreement with the other two parties, folded and most of its members subsequently joined the PQ. Many English Quebeckers reacted badly to the new PQ government, especially after the Charter of the French Language was passed in The Clarity Bill was passed into law in June Its principal adherents, both within the rank and file and the leadership, continue to be liberal professionals e.
There is also considerable support from trade union members, who form the core of its more radically nationalist and socially oriented adherents. Since the s, it has also garnered some support from the business sector, and from the traditional liberal professions, such as law and medicine.
However, these latter groups continue to be more sympathetic to pan-Canadian political appeals, which are perceived to be more in tune with their economic interests. Moreover, a new generation of young francophones in their 20s and early 30s appear to be more open to global economic concerns, are more individualistic and economically conservative and do not appear to be as strongly attracted to separatist appeals as was the previous generation.
Subsequently, however, it offered a third option for the long term, one that lay between those of the PLQ and the PQ. It lost its gains the following year, however, when it won a total of only seven seats in the election. Founded in , it advocates for social justice and ecological questions as well as for sovereignty.
However, the party won only one seat in and two in In , Legault stated that he would vote against independence if there was a referendum in the near future.
In English Canada in the early s there was also some separatist activity, particularly in Alberta, which was embodied in the Western Canada Concept Party. The objectives of this party were to try to rectify perceived injustices in western Canada concerning such matters as freight rates, tariff barriers, oil pricing, bilingualism and western representation in the federal governing party, and failing that, to promote secession from Canada.
However, the party failed to win much support, and succeeded in electing only one member in an Alberta provincial by-election. Much of this support for western separatism has since dissipated, despite the emergence of a variety of parties such as the Western Block founded in and the Separation Party of Alberta founded in , neither of which has been able to win seats in the provincial parliament.
In fact, during the elections, the Separation Party won only 68 votes province-wide. Likewise, its neighbours to the east, the Western Independence Party and the Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan, have not made any significant gains in electorate support. See also : Confederation's Opponents. Search The Canadian Encyclopedia.
Remember me. I forgot my password. Trudeau said during a French-language campaign debate that he would be prepared to challenge the law, prompting Blanchet to accuse him of not respecting Quebec. Jon Pammett, a professor of political science at Carleton University, said Quebec voters were often less predictable than those in other parts of the country. Energy Updated.
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