The Effects of French-English Relations on Canadian Politics

Throughout the years the French, although a minority, have had a profound impact on Canadian politics and the law through their relationship with English Canadians. This will be evident after examining these four definitive events in Canadian history: conscription in World War One, the Parti Québécois, the Manitoba School Question, and the language law that made it compulsory for all English schools to teach French. The Conscription Crisis occurred …

…as painless as possible. In conclusion, the relationship between the French and English has had a major effect on Canadian politics and the law, and conscription in World War One, the Parti Québécois, the Manitoba School Question, and the language law that made it compulsory for all English-speaking schools to teach French as a second language are four examples of the complicated relationship between these two groups.