The place of Quebec is at the heart of the debate on constit

The confederation settlement in Canada was proclaimed in 1867 and for the next 100 years Quebec was politically quiet, showing no signs of agitation toward the constitutional guidelines. During this period Quebec nationalism remained very defensive in character, with the primary effort of Quebec politicians being, to protect the constitutional framework, rather campaigning for reform. With the onset of the quiet revolution in the early 1960’s, for which Quebec began to progress in many ways, economically, politically …

…in Canada, but it is not the only form of discontent. The other actors are however constantly undermined by Quebec, and some of the causes of their discontent are with Quebec and the way they seem to attract greater concern and attention off the federal government. Ultimately the central government is set on symmetrical federalism, therefore it will always be difficult for changes in the constitution to affect just on province, territory or group. Bibliography