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| A federal document that set out the rights and freedoms of Canadians; it was enacted in 1960 under the leadership of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker |
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| The government report proposing dramatic changes to the lives of Aboriginal peoples, including the elimination of the Indian Act |
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| Aboriginal response to the federal government's White Paper of 1969; the Red Paper caused the government to change its policies |
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| An Act passed by Parliament in 1966 that provided free access to physician services for Canadians |
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| A period of rapid change and reform that modernized Québec society during the years 1960 to 1966 under the Liberal provincial government of Jean Lesage |
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| FLQ (Front de libération du Québec) |
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| A revolutionary movement founded to work for an independent, socialist Québec |
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| A Québec provincial party that advocates separation from Canada |
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| Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism |
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| A commission created by the federal government to recommend ways of enhancing and promoting the historically bilingual nature of Canada |
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| The Act that states that French and English are Canada’s official languages, and that all federal institutions must provide services in English and French |
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| An Act that gives the federal government emergency powers during wartime, including the right to detain people without laying charges |
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| Also called the “Charter of the French Language,” Bill 101 strengthened the position of the French language in Québec |
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| Nuclear missiles that Canada agreed to accept from the U.S. during the Cold War; led to a rift in Canada/U.S. relations |
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