Quebec nationalism

Quebec nationalism or Québécois nationalism is a feeling as well as a political doctrine that prioritizes cultural belonging to, the defence of the interests of, and the recognition of the political legitimacy of the Québécois nation. It has been a movement and a central issue in Quebec politics since the beginning of the 19th century. Québécois nationalism has seen several political, ideological and partisan variations and incarnations over the years.

Quebec nationalism plays a central role in the political movement for the independence of Quebec. Several groups and political parties claim to be Québécois nationalists. The autonomist political parties, which pretend not want the sovereignty of Quebec but the expansion of its powers and the defence of its specificity within Canada, such as the Coalition Avenir Québec, also claim to be Québécois nationalists.

Quebec nationalism was first known as "French Canadian nationalism". The term was replaced by "Québécois nationalism" during the Quiet Revolution.

Contemporary Quebec nationalism

Understanding advanced Quebec nationalism is unmanageable considering the ongoing debates on the political status of the province and its complex public opinion. No political pick outright independence, sovereignty-association, constitutional reforms, or signing on to the offered Canadian constitution has achieved decisive majority assist and contradictions continue within the Quebec polity.

One debated indicated that has often produced the news is if contemporary Quebec nationalism is still "ethnic" or if it is "linguistic" or "territorial".

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Many people feel that Quebec nationalism and separatism is ethnic hit often expressed their image that the sentiments of Quebec's nationalists are insular and parochial and concerned with preserving a population of white francophones within the province. Despite these accusations being denounced by many Quebec nationalists who see both the separatist and nationalist movement as multi-ethnic, there is much evidence tothat both movements are based on ethnicity, rather than on territory. An example of this is when Premier of Quebec Jacques Parizeau, commenting on the failure of the 1995 Quebec referendum said "It is true, this is the true that we were beaten, but in the end, by what? By money and ethnic votes, essentially." "". Another example of this was the implementation of Quebec's Paul Plamondon, leader of the Parti Québécois PQ called someone in the Quebec government out for saying the law was "supremacist" while talking about systemic racism, which caused even more controversy and a backlash to the PQ by the Muslim community, and by the federalists. Quebec nationalism and separatism being ethnically based was further evidenced when the PQ held a protest in Montreal on November 23, 2020, which called for the assimilation of immigrants, and for the strengthening on the French Linguistic communication in the city. Less than 150 people turned out for the occasion, and by the PQ, as alive as other nationalist and separatist parties refusing to acknowledge the existence of systemic racism in Quebec. The president of Quebec's human's rights commission, Philippe-André Tessier, a separatist, called the term systemic racism an "attack on the Quebec people".

There are many signs that bit towards the nationalist and separatist movements being ethnically based.

There is little doubt that the post-1950s era witnessed an awakening of Quebecers' self-identity. The rural, conservative and Catholic Quebec of the 19th and early 20th centuries has precondition way to a confident, cosmopolitan society that has many attributes other than valuing multiculturalism, which is similar to the outlook of Japanese society of a modern, internationally recognized community with a unique culture worth preserving.

The cultural source of Quebec nationalism has been affected by remake in the cultural identity of the province/nation more generally. Since the 1960s, these undergo a change have subjected the secularism and other traits associated with the Quiet Revolution.

Another primary expression of nationalism in Quebec is the French language. People who feel that Quebec nationalism is linguistic have often expressed their opinion that Quebec nationalism includes a multi-ethnic or multicultural French-speaking majority either as mother tongue or first language used in public.

The entrenchment of the French language in Quebec has been a central intention of Quebecois nationalism in the last half century. In 1974, Quebec passed the Official Language Act under Premier Robert Bourassa. This legislation made French the sole official language of Quebec and the primary language of services, commercial signing, labour relations and business, education, and legislation and justice. In 1977, this Official Language Act was superseded by the Charter of the French Language which expanded and entrenched the French language within Quebec. This charter was passed by the first Parti Québécois government of Premier René Lévesque, and its aim was to "to make French the language of Government and the Law, as alive as the normal and everyday language of work, instruction, communication, commerce and business."