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Today the Parti Québécois released its proposed Charter of Values, a controversial bill which would ban religious symbols for public sector employees in Quebec.
Jocelyn Maclure, author of Quebec Identity: The Challenge of Pluralism, was a panelist on today’s episode of CBC’s The Current to discuss the politics of the proposed Charter.
Click here to listen to the episode
In Quebec Identity Jocelyn Maclure provides a critical reflection on the ways in which Quebec’s identity has been articulated since the 1960s’ Quiet Revolution. He shows how neither the melancholic nationalism of the Montreal school, Hubert Aquin, Pierre Vallières, Fernand Dumont and their followers, nor the individualist antinationalism of Pierre Trudeau and his followers provide identity stories and political projects adequate for contemporary Quebec.
In articulating an alternative narrative Maclure reframes the debate, detaching the question of Quebec’s identity from the question of sovereignty versus federalism and linking it closely to Quebec’s cultural diversity and to the consolidation of its democratic sphere. In so doing, he rethinks the conditions of authenticity, leaves space for First Nations’ self-determination and takes account of globalization. This edition has been expanded for English-Canadians with additional references as well as a glossary of names, institutions, and concepts.
To learn more about Quebec Identity, or to order online, click here.
For media inquiries, contact MQUP publicist Jacqui Davis.
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