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    prime minister because he created the Constitution Act as well as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, made the Official Languages Act and decided to use the War Measures Act during the October crisis. These made Canada what it is today because of Pierre Trudeau. Pierre Trudeau made Canada what it is today in a positive manner by creating the Constitutions Act as well as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Constitutions Act started in 1982. The act allowed everyone to have fundamental freedoms.

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    Should Quebec (or other provinces) Separate From Canada In Order To Best Protect Its Constitutional Rights? In my opinion, all provinces in Canada, including Quebec should not separate. Quebec has been one of the provinces of Canada for a long period of time. Most people in the world view that it is one of the component in Canada. French-Canadian and English-Canadian seem to live together peacefully without conflict, even many people with different cultures and languages come to Canada in recent

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    Pierre Trudeau as impulsive, for enforcing the War Measures Act, Trudeau enacted this for protection of Canadian

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    Quebec is a hot-spot for immigrants and thousands of them come to Quebec to build a life for themselves and their families. The economy of Quebec is thriving as its economical activities are relatively higher than Canada's other provinces. Its majorly privatized mode of economy offers equal opportunities to skilled workers as well as investors. Culturally, the natives of the place are quite welcoming of immigrants and are accepting of their cultural diversity. From professional view-point, Quebec

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    colonized by British.British influence in many sides.The Quebec act,HBC and resigertial school were influence on Canada. First of all,the Quebec Act was a important act.In Canada,British and French had many contradiction.British and Franch frighted many times.British wanted to prevent French’s contend.So they had the Quebec act.The Quebec act saved fench settlers the right to keep their culture (language,religion,system of laws).It made Quebec stronger.Also made

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    On October 5th 1970, the British trade commissioner James Cross was kidnapped by the Liberation cell of Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) in the morning. The FLQ demanded the Canadian government to release 23 of its members in prison, $500,000 of ransom, the publication of its manifesto, revealing the identity of police informants, a save passage to travel to Cuba or Algeria, and the rehiring of the Lapalme postal truck drivers and stop all police suppression.[ Chronology of the October Crisis

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    equality and fairness to their voices. Quebec felt as though their voice was not being heard, which led to an increase in nationalism in Quebec. Succeeding the second World War, Quebec slowly began an independence movement, and began finding its place and its voice in the country. Economically, it found a stronger foothold in the industrial world, growing its own business and workers. Politically, there was a reform in the provincial governing body of Quebec, where previously dominated British-English

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    Quebec City If someone were to look on the map, they would see Canada just above North America. And if someone would want to go to Canada, they would probably want to go to Quebec. Know why? Because Quebec is a great place. Quebec’s great province is Quebec City, and there people can do many things. There is a great geographical make-up of the area, a wide population, and many recreational activities. The people that live there have a great way of living, and the government is safe. But would someone

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    The recruiting effort in Quebec had failed horribly, so Canada resulted in conscription, which was their only unused option that promised more success in recruiting French English volunteers. French Canadians felt that they had no particular loyalty to either Britain or France

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    Pierre Trudeau, lawyer, politician, and the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, was a big part of keeping national unity during the Quebec sovereignty movement and referendum in 1980. He was also a big part in keeping the Canadian public calm, taking action and standing up to the FLQ during the October Crisis in 1970. Born in Outremont, Montreal on October 18, 1919, Pierre Elliott Trudeau (full name Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau) was born to a wealthy family, along with one brother and one

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