Claude Bélanger, Department of History, Marianopolis College has done an interesting study of Jean Lesage and the Quiet Revolution (1960-66) which is well worth the read . Although many people are familiar with the term ‘ Quiet Revolution ’ few are really familiar with just what that entailed. Quebecers had suffered decades of oppression and regulation that reached a point of causing a rebellion against church and state as practiced by the Duplessis regime. Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau being questioned after introducing the War Measures Act (10/16/1970) Unlike most rebellion, the Quebec version was primarily intellectual and social excepting for the minority hotheads who led Quebec into the October 1970 crisis and enactment of the War Measures Act. What is more intriguing is how Jean Lesage managed to wrest a degree of political anonymity from the federal government. There are several lessons therein for all provinces to consider, but many have been lo...
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