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Creation of new provincial flag
- Introduced by Maurice Duplessis in 1948 to demonstrate Quebec patriotism at a time of encroaching modernity.
- replaced the Union Jack (shows rejection of British connection)
- protest against increased federal intervention
- Includes symbols of Catholicism and the Royal French period.
- Becomes a symbol for Quebecois nationalism and separatist movements in the 1960s and beyond. (Slide 10)
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Refus Global
- The late 1940s was a time of prosperity and modernization in Quebec.
- However, the Catholic church was heavily involved in many aspects of Quebec society and a group of artists including Borduas and Riopelle are protesting this by publishing this manifesto.
- They call for the state to take control over health care and education.
- This call for secularism establishes a goal for a more modern Quebec society which is ultimately realized during the Quiet Revolution. (Class Slide 14)