1. Week 6 The Quebec Question, A Canadian Quandary

2. rescheduling Feb 13 – Quebec: Nationalism and Ethnicity (ch 8) Feb 20 - reading week Feb 27 - Racialized Inequality (ch 5) Mar 6 - NO CLASS March 13 – Gendered Inequality (ch 6) etc

3. Two themes Tension between Quebec and ROC. -Scorpions in a bottle/two solitudes (from hostility to blame {fearful symmetry}) [Quebec matters] -Voluntary vs Involuntary frameworks -conflicting views of Quebec’s place in Canada/NA -Competing nationalisms -Language conflicts -Outdated federalism

4. Tensions between Q and Newcomers Reasonable accommodation debates with respect to ethnoreligiosity in a secular Q. Kirpan controversies Niqab controversy Surveys Why? - Quebec as Maj/Min – unique insecurities

5. Understanding Quebec (or understanding English Canada’s misunderstandings) Involuntary minorities/forcibly incorporated“get out” Quebec’s Place in Canada? Nation not just province Canada as contract Canada as compact Canada as coalition A majority minority a)Language and culture b)Secularity c)Gender equity Quasi-Complete society (a society of immigrants vs immigration society) Quebec = Ethnic nation? Civic nation? Ethno-civic nation? Rethinking federalism

6. MAJOR ETHNICITIES Quebec as Charter Member Immigrant Canadians SOCIOLOGICAL FRAME CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS KEY PROBLEM PRIME SOLUTION ANTICIPATED OUTCOME

7. ETHNICITY AS ACTIVITY SOCIAL MOVEMENTS A)IDENTITY POLITICS - a social movement based on the historically wronged who reclaim devalued identities as basis for recognition and entitlement - feminism, black power, aboriginality, quebecois

8. B) NATIONALISM -Political expression of a peoples (nation) -Who claim commonalities/destiny/homeland -To govern themselves up to and including independence * Distinctions based on who can join and on what grounds Ethnic nationalismCivic nationalismQuebec nationalis - Blood/Kinship- Commitment

9. What does Quebec Want? IndependenceSovereignty association More provincial powers Status quo

10. Sovereignty Parti Quebecois, /Pauline Marois – (feb 9, 2013) Canada poses a risk to Quebec’s language, social values, and freedom to speak on Intl stage Costly overlapping services, opposing views with ottawa such as gun control, and ottawa disregard of quebec’s unemployed and economic needs Support for Sov = 37% (feb5, Le devoir/Gazette) (43% Ottawa creating dependency because of $7 billion in equalization payments as have not province Claims of ‘ethnicide’

11. P 240- Quebec’s Identity 2001 (Feb+Oct) and 2005 Solely a Quebecer241519 A Quebecer first, then a Canadian253243 Both a Quebecer and a Canadian263221 A Canadian first, then a Quebecer151311 Solely a Canadian875 Fe

12. P 241- Quebecs identity based on language background Solely a Quebecer241519 A Quebecer first, then a Canadian253243 Both a Quebecer and a Canadian263221 A Canadian first, then a Quebecer151311 Solely a Canadian875 Francophone Anglophone Allophone

13. What is English speaking Canada willing to concede? Official bilingualism Clarity Act Quebec = a nation within a united Canada (Harper, 2006) Unofficial asymmetrical federalism

14. Official bilingualism as Reasonable Accommodation Context – the quiet revolution Purpose – depoliticize Fr-Eng nationalism Terms Success - provincial - Quebec