Summary: The Quiet Revolution

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Quebec is one of the four original provinces upon the Canadian Confederation; forming on July,1st,2016. With enacted Liberal Provincial government of, Jean Lesage, coming to power after the death of Maurice Dupless, whose time is considered to some as the: Grand Darkness, or in french, grande noirceur. This political change began the, Quiet Revolution. The, Quiet Revolution was a period where Quebec encountered intense social political and social culture change. Following into the late nineteen sixties (1960s) when several political groups coalesced together to form the political party, Bloc Québécois. In nineteen seventy six (1976) the party achieved seventy one seats (71) in the National Assembly. Robert Burns, the of Bloc Quebecois member …show more content…
Quebec leaving in the nineteen eighties (1980s) would have been stressful. With the recession causing Canada to have higher interests rates, inflation, causing the Bank of Canada to have rates up to twenty one percent (21%). With this in mind, Quebec would have been still developing their own currency (thus nearly valueless on the global market), and could not be supported by Canada. Quebec would not have been able to support themselves financially. And in turn trade would have been scarce. With Natural resources the world market would not have needed (93% of Quebec exports are manufactured goods). However, all foreign relations that canada had, allowing Quebec to export, would have been lost, thus nearly impossible for Quebec to export goods, and develop. With this in mind, Quebec would resort into high tariffs on goods passing through Quebec; such as exports from the maritime provinces. Quebec further would have to pay back the national debt-debt that the separatists did not want to do. In nineteen eighty one (1981) Canada had approximately ninety one (91) billion dollars in debt. The number of Quebec's share in that differs from report to report- however most agree it is about twenty five percent (twenty two billion). Quebec would have this over their shoulder- only dealing the Economy. Quebec would be at a lose with this. If they