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UNION: AN ORGANIZATION OF WORKERS FORMED TO ADVANCE ITS MEMBERS INTERESTS IN RESPECT TO WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS. NATIONALIZATION: TO REMOVE FROM.

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2 UNION: AN ORGANIZATION OF WORKERS FORMED TO ADVANCE ITS MEMBERS INTERESTS IN RESPECT TO WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS. NATIONALIZATION: TO REMOVE FROM PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AD PLACE UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL.

3 BALANCED BUDGET: WHEN EXPEDITURES EQUAL REVENUE. RECESSION: A PERIOD OF REDUCED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. CROWN CORPORATION: A COMPANY OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

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5 1) U.S. HAD A LARGE IMPACT ON QUEBECS ECONOMY - AMERICANS INTRODUCED A VARIETY OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS TO QUEBECS ECONOMY

6 2) ANTI-UNION STANCE

7 3) TRADITIONALIST ECONOMY IMPLEMENTED - LARGE AMOUNTS OF CAPITAL INVESTED IN AGRICULTURE (CREDIT GIVEN TO FARMERS)

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9 MASTERS OF OUR OWN HOUSE IDEA THAT QUEBEC SHOULD BE IN CONTROL ITS OWN ECONOMY

10 1)DIRECT INTERVENTION 2) ESTABLISHED CROWN CORPORATIONS – NATIONALIZATION (TO REGAIN CONTROL FROM AMERICANS) STEEL CORPORATION

11 3) LABOUR CODE - DEVELOPED TO FACILITATE BARGAINING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, UNION AND WORKERS

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13 1)DEVELOPED JAMES BAY HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT - QUEBEC BECAME A LEADING PRODUCER OF ELECTRICITY IN CANADA

14 2) COMMON FRONT STRIKES (1972)- - MAJOR UNIONS UNITE IN MASSIVE PROVINCE WIDE STRIKE

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16 EVELOPMENT OF FRENCH BUSINESS CLASS - FRENCH QUEBECERS START PLAYING A BIGGER ROLE AS BUSINESS OWNERS (ANGLOPHONE ROLE DIMINISHES)

17 2) ANTI-SCAB LAWS TO PREVENT COMPANIES FROM HIRING STRIKE-BREAKERS

18 A)REDUCTION OF ROLE IN THE ECONOMY DUE TO TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT SPENDING - GOVERNMENT CUTTING IN KEY AREAS SUCH AS HEALTH AND EDUCATION IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET

19 B) INFLUENCE OF UNIONS DIMINISHES - DUE TO RECESSIONS IN THE 80s AND 90s - DUE TO AN INCREASE OF SERVICE SECTOR JOBS (WHICH DONT HAVE UNIONS GENERALLY) C)FREE TRADE WITH UNITED STATES – 1988 AND WITH MEXICO (NAFTA) IN 1992

20 D) QUEBEC COMPANIES EMERGE SUCH AS BOMBARDIER, BANQUE NATIONALE, CASCADES E) JAMES BAY HYDRO ELECTRIC DAM PROJECT EXPANDED - A LOT OF NEGOTIATING HAD TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN CREE AND THE GOVERNMENT IN ORDER FOR THESE CHANGES TO TAKE PLACE


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