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A 6 page overview of the distinct elements of Canadian citizenry, those whose ancestry is traced back to old France and the Scots, Irish, Jews and Italian immigrants assimilated into the English fraction of the country. This paper uses Paul-Andre Lintau, Rene Durocher, Jean-Claud Robert and Robert Chodos' " Quebec A History 1867-1929" to ground and/or refute comments from two other authors. Bibliograpy lists 3 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPcanHis.rtf
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From the beginning of Canadas colonial history the French have diligently tried to instill Catholic and French values upon the country. Various
authors have interpreted those attempts in different ways. The unfortunate result has been an eroding chasm between two very distinct elements of Canadian citizenry, those whose ancestry is traced back
to old France and the Scots, Irish, Jews and Italian immigrants assimilated into the English fraction of the country. The English community is less defined, as is their national
mythology. In contrast, the French Canadian identity and national mythology remains strong. That very strength, however, has made it a point of contention for many.
The distinct separation that exists between French Canadians and English Canadians has been a festering point of debate for centuries. On the one side of
that debate is a positive and factual assessment of the French Canadian ideology and on the other is a more derogatory view. The nineteenth century statesman Sir John MacDonald,
for example, contended in 1889 that the relation of Quebec towards an Imperial Federation was fixed by circumstance, history, and:
"the aspirations of the people themselves. The controlling idea of the French Canadian is to retain his language, religion, and civil institutions, necessarily held
under a critical tenure on a continent in the main Anglo-Saxon". MacDonald clarified that it
was important to note that the Magna Carta and the Quebec Act were just as dear to the French Canadian as they were to the English descendents of the regions.
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