Manitoba's French-language crisis :: a cautionary tale /

Raymond Hébert analyses Manitoba's French-language crisis in detail and considers its local and national implications. For nine months in 1983 and early 1984, beginning with a protest by French-speaking Manitibans who had received parking tickets written only in English and ending with a legal...

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1. Verfasser: Hébert, Raymond, 1944-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2004.
Schriftenreihe:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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Zusammenfassung:Raymond Hébert analyses Manitoba's French-language crisis in detail and considers its local and national implications. For nine months in 1983 and early 1984, beginning with a protest by French-speaking Manitibans who had received parking tickets written only in English and ending with a legal compromise that made Manitoba all but officially bilingual, Manitoba endured charged demonstrations, grimly fought plebiscites, and legislative filibustering. Towards the end of the crisis, legislative paralysis set in and the government itself ground to a halt. Hébert argues that, far from being a spontaneous populist movement, the crisis was largely manufactured by a few individuals, some of whom were in the Legislative Assembly itself.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 293 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-285) and index.
ISBN:9780773571914
0773571914
1282861840
9781282861848
9786612861840
6612861843

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