French Canadian Rights: A Contentious Issue
English Canadian and French Canadian conflict is derived from the pressure placed on French Canadians to preserve their culture as an ethnic minority among an increasing influx of English immigrants. This includes efforts to resist assimilation and to attain full legal and economic equality with the English Canadians. Some Francophones believe that Quebec would be better able to fulfill the values and priorities of its people if it were to become its own separate nation, with an identity distinctly different than that of Canada.
It is important to note that although there is not one specific event or piece of legislation that triggered oppression against the French Canadians, they have consistently remained unified against government actions that have not addressed the needs and wants of their people. As the working class began to resent the monopolistic rule of the Chateau Clique in Lower Canada, it was the desire for a government that reflected the wants of their people. In the midst of Confederation, it was the fear that their unique culture and heritage would succumb to assimilation among the vast English-speaking population of Upper Canada. At the time of the First World War, it was unity against a common enemy: conscription. The challenges facing French Canadians have been much more complex and deep-set than simply a response to an unjust government, or a bill that placed their population at a disadvantage; rather, the French Canadians have faced constant struggles to maintain their identity as an ethnic minority in their very own homeland.
This website will go into detail about the various conflicts and challenges that French Canadians faced in the years 1837-1949 in their struggle to achieve full rights as a people in a country that has experienced increasing numbers of Anglophone immigration.
It is important to note that although there is not one specific event or piece of legislation that triggered oppression against the French Canadians, they have consistently remained unified against government actions that have not addressed the needs and wants of their people. As the working class began to resent the monopolistic rule of the Chateau Clique in Lower Canada, it was the desire for a government that reflected the wants of their people. In the midst of Confederation, it was the fear that their unique culture and heritage would succumb to assimilation among the vast English-speaking population of Upper Canada. At the time of the First World War, it was unity against a common enemy: conscription. The challenges facing French Canadians have been much more complex and deep-set than simply a response to an unjust government, or a bill that placed their population at a disadvantage; rather, the French Canadians have faced constant struggles to maintain their identity as an ethnic minority in their very own homeland.
This website will go into detail about the various conflicts and challenges that French Canadians faced in the years 1837-1949 in their struggle to achieve full rights as a people in a country that has experienced increasing numbers of Anglophone immigration.