How Did The Quiet Revolution Change Quebec's Society
Quebec's Quiet Revolution: What Is It? How Has It Changed Quebec's Society? How
Has It Affected Confederation?
The English-French relations have not always been easy. Each is always arguing and accusing the other of wrong doings. All this hatred and differences started in the past, and this Quiet revolution, right after a new Liberal government led by Jean Lesage came in 1960. Thus was the beginning of the Quiet
Revolution.
Lesage had an excellent team of cabinet ministers which included Rene
Levesque. The Liberals promised to do two things during the Quiet Revolution; one was to improve economic and social standards for the people of Quebec, and the other was to win greater respect and recognition for all the French people of Canada. The …show more content…
One of the greatest reforms was the modernization of the entire school system. The Church used to own the schools of Quebec. Most of the teachers were Priests, Nuns and Brothers. They provided a good education but Quebec needed more in business and technology. Lesage wanted a government-run school system that would provide Quebec with people in engineering, science, business and commerce.
With the new freedom of expression, lots of books, plays and music about
French culture were all developed in Quebec. French contemporary playwrights were very famous during that time. However, not all was going well in Quebec.
The French-English relation was going bad. Many studies showed that French-
Canadian Quebecers were earning the lowest wage in all of the ethnic groups in
Canada. Other complaints were that the top jobs in Quebec were given to English speaking Canadians. Canada was going through the worst crisis in its history, and unless equal partnership was found a break-up would likely happen. Some
Quebecers thought that separation was the only solution. They thought that as long as Quebec was associated with the rest of Canada, French-Canadians
Has It Affected Confederation?
The English-French relations have not always been easy. Each is always arguing and accusing the other of wrong doings. All this hatred and differences started in the past, and this Quiet revolution, right after a new Liberal government led by Jean Lesage came in 1960. Thus was the beginning of the Quiet
Revolution.
Lesage had an excellent team of cabinet ministers which included Rene
Levesque. The Liberals promised to do two things during the Quiet Revolution; one was to improve economic and social standards for the people of Quebec, and the other was to win greater respect and recognition for all the French people of Canada. The …show more content…
One of the greatest reforms was the modernization of the entire school system. The Church used to own the schools of Quebec. Most of the teachers were Priests, Nuns and Brothers. They provided a good education but Quebec needed more in business and technology. Lesage wanted a government-run school system that would provide Quebec with people in engineering, science, business and commerce.
With the new freedom of expression, lots of books, plays and music about
French culture were all developed in Quebec. French contemporary playwrights were very famous during that time. However, not all was going well in Quebec.
The French-English relation was going bad. Many studies showed that French-
Canadian Quebecers were earning the lowest wage in all of the ethnic groups in
Canada. Other complaints were that the top jobs in Quebec were given to English speaking Canadians. Canada was going through the worst crisis in its history, and unless equal partnership was found a break-up would likely happen. Some
Quebecers thought that separation was the only solution. They thought that as long as Quebec was associated with the rest of Canada, French-Canadians