Conflict Unit Politics

Western Alienation Background 

Background:

• Oil largest producers

• natural resources ownership

• Fed- Military ground, 1st nations, national parks, costal outlines, Prov- everything else

Western Alienation issues

Oil Control Issues:

• Alberta Premier believes the own the oil, P.Treadeu believes all Canadians own

• “Natural Energy Program”, Ottawa takes part in the wealth distributing it to all Canadians 

W.A. Preston

Preston Manning

• Reform Party Leader and Progressive Conservative Party (CRAP)

W.A Seats

Seats

• Citizens believe they have an underrepresentation number of seats in election, 37 our of the 343 tuber of seats 

W.A. Equalization and Referendum

Euebec Qqualization Payments

• Take a portion of federal taxing and distribute to ‘have-not’ provinces, Alberta was producing more than receiving 

• To make Quality of life Equal everywhere 

Referendum in 2021

• 62% of voters said to remove the equalization principles from the constitution

Quebec ‘Je Me Souviens’ moments

• ‘I remember’

• discrimination

• Banning of French education in many provinces

• Military issues: Conscription. English only Ranking

• Prohibition

• Employment: French was never over English

• “Night of the long knives’” constitution singing

• lack of recognition of Quebec being a distinct society

Q.S. Federalism, Nationalism, Separatism

F- “Quebec is one province in a big country’

N- ‘Quebec is a part of Canada, but distinct language and culture need to be protected’

S- Quebec is very distinctive culture, language, and history and it is to make its own country (only way)

Q.S. Quiet revolution

• Slow social and economy changes

• last about 10 years

• Calls for equality between English and French

• expansion of separatist movements

• Urgency of this matter

Q.S 1963 Bi-Bi commission: A milestone

• Recognition of 2 official languages (1969) 

• all federal service must be in both languages 

• employ more French-Canadians in civil services 

• Ottawa is to become a bilingual city 

• Separatist groups wanted more changes, Quebecois started to arm themselves 

Q.S Bombing crisis 

• 1960s groups began breaking into military to steal weapons, bombing of English lead businesses 

• about 300 bombings

• result of the ‘war measures act’ suspensions of right during war, 1st time being used in a setting of ‘peace’ 

Q.S. Rene Levesque

• founder of the separatist party ‘Parti Quebecois’

• passed bill 101- made french the dominant language in Quebec (business and education)

• pushed for more independence and decision making power, most people didn’t want to leave Canada

Q.S Referendum 1995

• Wanted to split from Canada but keep Canadian Currency 

• Federalist and Indigenous did not want to split in fear of collapsing a economy 

• 49 to 51, yes to no

• English speaking people fled Quebec

• The Bloc Québécois established by Lucien Bouchard, was placed at a federal level 

Q.S. Clarity Act

• Federal government turned to Supreme Court and asked if Quebec could legally leave Canada

• Rules: a clear majority of provinces votes must be in support and a constitutional amendment must be made

Q.S Establish Program Act

• ‘Opt Out’, of healthcare polices, insurance, public healthcare etc.

• Constitutional act of 1982 gave Quebec money and compensation for their own program

Q.S. Political spectrum and environment 

Politcal Spectrum

• up and down, nationalist (Protecting language) and multicultural (cultural diversity)

Environment

• lowest GHG

• No pipelines

• 99% renewable energy

Q.S CAQ political Party 

• Won in 2022

• Focused on nationalism, quality issue, immigration and the protection of the French Language 

• Left-wing, pro-independence 

9/11 what happened?

• 19 people hijacked commercial planes running them into building as a terrorist attack

• ‘Twin towers’ which symbolized capitalism

• the pentagon, military headquarters

• Presidential retirement, meant to hit White House

• 2996 total deaths and over 6000 injuries

• hit by Al Qaeda

9/11 2001 Nato mission to Afganistan

• 17 years for Canadian and 20 yrs for USA

• purpose to remove Taliban and any terrorist people associated with Al Qaeda

• To kill Osama Bin Ladin

9/11 ‘Selling War’

• Sold by President Bush

• Iraq War, believed to have WDM

• Confrontation with leader Saddam Hussein

• UN didn’t see Iraq containing such weapons

• Regime change attempt

9/11 15 Feb anti-war protest in 2003 

all over the world saw war as unessasry and harmful to the country rather than helpful 

9/11 Aftermath

• Airport changes, ‘no fly’ lists, metal detectors, luge inspections

• Hate crimes rises up against islamic people

• creation when Trump arrived in 2015 ‘muslim ban’

• in 2011 the murder of Osama Bin Ladin, American military captured and killed and dumped off a boat into water, no one celebrated

• New War? everyone was ready to fight until January 6th—raiding of White House

Trumps Tariffs

Goal

• reduce the US trade deficit

• Revive American manufacturing, everything coming from America

• Protect US industries and reduce trade imbalances

Short term impacts

• high prices in US

• supply chain rump Defying 

Long term impacts

• manufacturing seconds temporary job boosts

• Trade deficit did not shrink a lot

Trump Defying Legal Limits

• most executive orders given

• TikTok ban

• foreign and freezes

• fired 17 inspector generals 

• federal prosecutors fired 

• Independent agency labour relations firigitng 

• Birthright citizenship