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Sequence Chart: French/English Unity

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1 Sequence Chart: French/English Unity
1 Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism 1968 Study set up by Lester Pearson Recommended Official Bilingualism More French in government More access to French services

2 Sequence Chart: French/English Unity
2 Trudeau Elected Prime Minister 1968 Trudeaumania sweeps Canada Canadians embrace his vision of “just society” Valued rights and freedoms; wanted to develop Canadians’ social and economic well-being

3 Sequence Chart: French/English Unity
3 Official Languages Act 1969 Law passed by Trudeau’s government Made Canada officially bilingual French training for English civil servants More access to French services More French Canadians in senior government positions

4 Sequence Chart: French/English Unity
4 War Measures Act 1970 October Crisis FLQ’s terror campaigns shift from bombing to kidnapping James Cross (British) and Pierre Laporte (Fr. Can.) were taken – demanded that FLQ’s separatist manifesto be read on the radio Trudeau imposed the War Measures Act With sweeping power, 450 people detained Crisis ends with Laporte murdered and Cross rescued FLQ rooted out of Quebec society

5 Sequence Chart: French/English Unity
5 Constitutional Reform 1971 Trudeau wanted to ‘patriate’ the Constitution Needed to satisfy all provinces, including Quebec Quebec wanted ‘special status’ in Canada recognized Talks fell apart, but would resurface 10 years later

6 Sequence Chart: French/English Unity
6 Parti Quebecois Election Victory 1976 Rene Levesque’s party became the government in Quebec Goal: independence Promised a province-wide referendum Passed controversial law, Bill 101: French became the only official language of Quebec

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