Chapter 3-dates

Surrender of Germany and Japan

1945

Pulication of the Refus Global Manifesto by young artists

1948

Thetford mines and Asbestos went on strike

1949

Newfoundland joins the Canadian federation

1949

Introduction of provincial income tax- Duplessis government

1954

Richard Riot

1955

Opening of the Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent (St. Lawrence Seaway)

1959

Nationalization of electricity

1962

Adoption of the Act Respecting the Legal Capacity of Married Women

1964

World's fair- Expo 67

1967

Creation of the CEGEPs

1967

Decriminalization of contraception, therapeutic, abortion, and homosexuality

1969

Greating of the vote to Indigenous people

1969

October crisis

1970

Adoption of health Insaurance Act

1970

Creation of the Conseil du statut de la femme(Council on the Status of Women)

1973

Oil crisis

1973

Adoption of the Quebec Charter of Human Right and Freedoms

1975

Signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement

1975

Application of the Rand formula in Quebec

1977

Adoption of the Act Respecting Labour Standards

1979

Act to Promote Rural Electrification By Means of Electricity Cooperatives

1945

The Quiet Revolution

196-1970

Jean Lesage government- Liberal party

1960-1966

Daniel Johnson- Union Nationale

1966-1970

The Parent Report- The Royal Commission of Inquiry on Education in the Province of Quebec

1963

Laurendeau-Dunton Commission- Bilingualism and Biculturalism in Canada

1963

Bourassa government- Liberal party

1970-1976

Levesque government- A government whose goal was Quebec sovereignty.

1976-1980

Act Respecting the Preservation of Agricultural Land

1978

The federal government adopted the new Immigration Act

1976

Act to Promote the French Language in Quebec (Bill 63)

1969

The Official Act (Bill 22)

1974

Charter of the French Language (Bill 101)

1977

Quebec adopted a government policy on child care

1974