Quebec's Quiet Revolution: What Is It? How Has It Changed Quebec's Society? How Has It Affected Confederation?

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had to
struggle with Ottawa for a larger share of the tax dollars.

One of the greatest reforms was the modernization of the entire school
system. The Church used to own the schools of Quebec. Most of the teachers
were Priests, Nuns and Brothers. They provided a good education but Quebec
needed more in business and technology. Lesage wanted a government-run school
system that would provide Quebec with people in engineering, science, business
and commerce.

With the new freedom of expression, lots of books, plays and music about
French culture were all developed in Quebec. French contemporary playwrights
were very famous during that time. However, not all was going well in Quebec.
The French-English relation was going bad. Many studies showed that French-
Canadian Quebecers were earning the lowest wage in all of the ethnic groups in
Canada. Other complaints were that the top jobs in Quebec were given to English
speaking Canadians. Canada was going through the worst ...

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