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Contemporary Federalist Thought in QuebecHistorical Perspectives |
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A multidisciplinary study of different Quebec federalist actors since the Quiet Revolution.
Quebec’s most recent attempts to assert its distinctiveness within Canada have relied on unilateral constitutional means to strengthen its French and secular character, suggesting that an important change of political culture has taken place in Quebec.
With its diverse team of researchers, Contemporary Federalist Thought in Quebec considers the recent history of the debate that once threatened Canada with disjunction, exploring the federalist thought that continues to shape constitutional debate in Quebec. Examining historical perspectives from 1950 to the present day, the volume draws portraits of the key actors in the federalist movement - including political leaders, intellectuals, academics, activists, and spokespersons for pressure groups - comparing their various outlooks, interventions, and values, and examining the ties that bind these actors to the sense of nationalism that emerged during Quebec’s Quiet Revolution.
Taking a multidisciplinary approach, Contemporary Federalist Thought in Quebec casts new light on the continuing debate surrounding Quebec’s place in Canada and gives nuance to what is traditionally conceived as a rigid opposition between sovereigntists and federalists in the province.
With its diverse team of researchers, Contemporary Federalist Thought in Quebec considers the recent history of the debate that once threatened Canada with disjunction, exploring the federalist thought that continues to shape constitutional debate in Quebec. Examining historical perspectives from 1950 to the present day, the volume draws portraits of the key actors in the federalist movement - including political leaders, intellectuals, academics, activists, and spokespersons for pressure groups - comparing their various outlooks, interventions, and values, and examining the ties that bind these actors to the sense of nationalism that emerged during Quebec’s Quiet Revolution.
Taking a multidisciplinary approach, Contemporary Federalist Thought in Quebec casts new light on the continuing debate surrounding Quebec’s place in Canada and gives nuance to what is traditionally conceived as a rigid opposition between sovereigntists and federalists in the province.
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Part of the Democracy, Diversity, and Citizen Engagement Series (number 11 in series)
552 Pages, 6 x 9
ISBN 9780228016694
June 2023
Formats: Cloth, Paperback, eBook
“This engaging collection reflects recent trends in Quebec scholarship and expertly showcases the retrieval of the conservative tradition in Quebec politics and political thought - an excellent study of political history in Quebec, which we have not seen to the same extent in the rest of Canada.” Peter Graefe, McMaster University and co-editor of Overpromising and Underperforming?: Understanding and Evaluating New Intergovernmental Accountability Regimes
Antoine Brousseau Desaulniers is a postdoctoral researcher at the École nationale d’administration publique.
Stéphane Savard is professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Stéphane Savard is professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Foreword
Kenneth McRoberts | ix
Acknowledgments | xiii
Note on Translation | xiv
Introduction: Historical Perspectives on Federalist Thought in Quebec: Actors, Stakes, and Points of View | 3
Antoine Brousseau Desaulniers and Stéphane Savard
1 Reflections by an Old Veteran of the Canadian Constitutional Debate | 16
André Burelle
Part One: Actors at the Heart of Politics: The Leaders and Their Parties
2 From Provincial Autonomy to Profitable Federalism: Quebec’s Special Status in the Eyes of Federalist Leaders during the Quiet Revolution | 31
Antoine Brousseau Desaulniers
3 The Equality Party: A Trudeauist Vision of Federalism at the National Assembly | 51
Jessica Riggi
4 The Quebec Vision of Federalism and the Federal Ideal(1998-2008): Benoît Pelletier as a Barometer of Unresolved Tension | 72
François Rocher
5 Third-Option Federalism: A Dialogue between Federalism and Nationalism? Action démocratique du Québec and Coalition avenir Québec (1990-2018) | 93
Frédéric Boily
Part Two: Intellectuals and the Search for a “Third Option”
6 “In seeking to digest us, the federation has become very sick”: Evolution of the Federalist Thought of Traditionalist Intellectuals in the Case of François-Albert Angers (1945-73) | 115
Jean-Philippe Carlos
7 “Paving the Boulevard of Fraternity”: The Federalist Thought of Solange Chaput-Rolland | 135
Valérie Lapointe-Gagnon
8 Charles Taylor’s Federalist Spirit Put to the Test of the Canadian Federation | 159
Bernard Gagnon
Part Three: Civil Society in Action: Groups and Public Figures
9 The Search for a Third Option in a Time of Crisis: Constitutional Positions of Federalist Pressure Groups, 1977-81 | 183
Stéphane Savard
10 Quebec Feminists’ Engagement during the 1980 Referendum: How Should the Yvettes Be Interpreted? | 205
Chantal Maillé
11 Community(ies), Nation(s), State(s): Nicole Laurin, Richard Desjardins, and Fragments of Pluralist Federalist Thought | 224
Jean-Charles St-Louis
Part Four: “Schools” of Thought and Research
12 Historian Michel Brunet and Canadian Federalism: “If I were [an English] Canadian, I would be the most ardent and enthusiastic centralizer there could be” | 247
Serge Miville
13 The Quebec “School” of History and the Idea of Federalism | 269
François-Olivier Dorais
14 The Quebec School of Diversity: The Emergence, Unfolding, and Renewal of a Line of Authentic Federalist Thought | 290
Félix Mathieu
Part Five: Legal Considerations in Federalist Thought
15 Federalism and Canadian Foreign Policy: The Conception of the Gérin-Lajoie Doctrine | 313
Stéphane Paquin
16 Quebec and Constitutional Conventions: Precarious Safeguards in Unwritten Federalism | 330
Amélie Binette
17 The Root of the Deadlock: The Constitutional Veto in Federalist Thought in Quebec | 352
Patrick Taillon
18 Canadian Federalism since the 1982 Patriation: Advocating a Federalism of Empowerment | 374
Alain-G. Gagnon and Alex Schwartz
In Conclusion: An Overture
The Pressing Need for Federalist Forward Thinking in Quebec and the Rest of Canada | 395
André Burelle
Contributors | 405
Index | 411
Kenneth McRoberts | ix
Acknowledgments | xiii
Note on Translation | xiv
Introduction: Historical Perspectives on Federalist Thought in Quebec: Actors, Stakes, and Points of View | 3
Antoine Brousseau Desaulniers and Stéphane Savard
1 Reflections by an Old Veteran of the Canadian Constitutional Debate | 16
André Burelle
Part One: Actors at the Heart of Politics: The Leaders and Their Parties
2 From Provincial Autonomy to Profitable Federalism: Quebec’s Special Status in the Eyes of Federalist Leaders during the Quiet Revolution | 31
Antoine Brousseau Desaulniers
3 The Equality Party: A Trudeauist Vision of Federalism at the National Assembly | 51
Jessica Riggi
4 The Quebec Vision of Federalism and the Federal Ideal(1998-2008): Benoît Pelletier as a Barometer of Unresolved Tension | 72
François Rocher
5 Third-Option Federalism: A Dialogue between Federalism and Nationalism? Action démocratique du Québec and Coalition avenir Québec (1990-2018) | 93
Frédéric Boily
Part Two: Intellectuals and the Search for a “Third Option”
6 “In seeking to digest us, the federation has become very sick”: Evolution of the Federalist Thought of Traditionalist Intellectuals in the Case of François-Albert Angers (1945-73) | 115
Jean-Philippe Carlos
7 “Paving the Boulevard of Fraternity”: The Federalist Thought of Solange Chaput-Rolland | 135
Valérie Lapointe-Gagnon
8 Charles Taylor’s Federalist Spirit Put to the Test of the Canadian Federation | 159
Bernard Gagnon
Part Three: Civil Society in Action: Groups and Public Figures
9 The Search for a Third Option in a Time of Crisis: Constitutional Positions of Federalist Pressure Groups, 1977-81 | 183
Stéphane Savard
10 Quebec Feminists’ Engagement during the 1980 Referendum: How Should the Yvettes Be Interpreted? | 205
Chantal Maillé
11 Community(ies), Nation(s), State(s): Nicole Laurin, Richard Desjardins, and Fragments of Pluralist Federalist Thought | 224
Jean-Charles St-Louis
Part Four: “Schools” of Thought and Research
12 Historian Michel Brunet and Canadian Federalism: “If I were [an English] Canadian, I would be the most ardent and enthusiastic centralizer there could be” | 247
Serge Miville
13 The Quebec “School” of History and the Idea of Federalism | 269
François-Olivier Dorais
14 The Quebec School of Diversity: The Emergence, Unfolding, and Renewal of a Line of Authentic Federalist Thought | 290
Félix Mathieu
Part Five: Legal Considerations in Federalist Thought
15 Federalism and Canadian Foreign Policy: The Conception of the Gérin-Lajoie Doctrine | 313
Stéphane Paquin
16 Quebec and Constitutional Conventions: Precarious Safeguards in Unwritten Federalism | 330
Amélie Binette
17 The Root of the Deadlock: The Constitutional Veto in Federalist Thought in Quebec | 352
Patrick Taillon
18 Canadian Federalism since the 1982 Patriation: Advocating a Federalism of Empowerment | 374
Alain-G. Gagnon and Alex Schwartz
In Conclusion: An Overture
The Pressing Need for Federalist Forward Thinking in Quebec and the Rest of Canada | 395
André Burelle
Contributors | 405
Index | 411
