Language Laws Conflict in Quebec Revised

Language Laws Conflict in Quebec
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Social Groups (Or Individuals) Are Involved
The people who are involved in the language laws conflict include the French and English speaking Canadians. Canada is a bilingual state whereby the two languages are officially allowed. The bill for the two languages usage was passed when there was conflict on the language to be used in official occasions and gazetted. However, there are some federal states whereby the bill has not been fully adopted. Quebec State has English as the dominant language. The state uses French in most official occasions hence the French-speaking Canadian are discriminated and dominated by the Anglophone Canadians.
The Francophone-Anglophone relations
The Francophone-Anglophone relations in Canada takes into account the population proportions of the two languages spoken. The francophone communities constitute the least population in Canada compared with the Anglophones. Francophone constitute 24% of the population. The reduction in the birth rate of the francophone threatens the future leadership due to the increase of the English speaking people. The political analysts and the intellectuals have remained in antagonism rather than cooperation. The Anglophone and the Francophone relationship has been experiencing tension since the early wars and rebels which occurred in the 1830s.
The Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution happened in the 1950s and played a major role in strengthening nationalism in Quebec society.

The revolution inspired most of the Francophone minorities. The government started to recognize them as native citizens. The revolution led to the changes in the political systems and decentralization of the Quebec state. Besides that, the revolution supported equal rights for the two groups of the people in Quebec. The constitution is amended for the changes in 1982 with the consent of the provincial administration.
The Quebec nationalism
There are several factors which enhanced the Quebec nationalism. The Second World War finished the language differences, and the process of industrialization started. The Great Depression led to the end of the war and ended the emigration of the Francophone. The Rift between the Francophone and the Anglophone nearly ended and enhanced the nationalism. Some social transformations occurred, e.g., the recognition of the minority groups.
Similarities and Changes of the Past and Present
The Quebec language laws developed after the nationalism became widespread in Canada. The Francophone nationalism intensified when the French Revolution became strong. The government strengthened the status of the French language in response to the revolution social transformations. The language conflict bill was tabled in the legislature in 1968. The language bill proposes that both languages were to be taught in schools. Canada was declared a bilingual state.
Today majority of Quebec people still don’t speak English. They use French in communicating. Thus, they are even separated from other English-speaking Canadians, and this has a high chance of causing conflict. Formation of the confederation was for uniting both the English and the French Canadians. However, today there are more groups of people thus the government has begun to embrace a multicultural view of ethnic groups.
There have been changes from the past by making the state to be bilingual. The two languages are official. In 2013 the English-speaking Canadians were rebelling against Quebec’s language police which is clear that there is still a boundary between the two ethnic groups. However, the rift is slowly ending as the government is setting policies and also more people have settled in Canada thus a mixture of different ethnicities.
The Direct Cause Of Your Current Event
The direct cause of the Language laws conflict in Quebec is an accumulation of many factors. The conflict can be traced from a long time ago. The rift between the two speaking languages was discussed by the parliamentarians long ago, but there has been a conflict which is the best language to use. Recently, there was a bill passed that the legislators should understand the two languages before elected.
Bibliography
Marsh, James H. The Canadian encyclopedia: the year 2000 edition. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2017.
Medeiros, Mike. “Not just about Quebec: accounting for Francophones’ attitudes towards Canada.” French Politics 15, no. 2 (2017): 223-236.