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1972 Québec General Strike
The 1972 Québec general strike was a general strike that took place in Québec in 1972. The strike began on 11 April and lasted until 21 April, when the government of Québec banned the workers from striking and imprisoned the leaders of the three unions, as well as several dozen union organisers. With around 300 000 workers participating, it was one of the largest strikes in North American history. Background From July 1971 to February 1972, a significant labour dispute had occurred at ''La Presse (Canadian newspaper), La Presse'' newspaper, after the Power Corporation of Canada locked-out the paper's typographers. In late-October 1971, a mass demonstration was held in Montréal in solidarity with the locked-out workers, with over 12 000 people attending, but was met with a heavy police crackdown, resulting in over 190 injuries and 200 arrests, as well as the death of 28-year-old student Michèle Gauthier. The crackdown provoked significant concerns among union leaders in Qué ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 138
Route 138 is a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec, following the entire north shore of the St. Lawrence River past Montreal to the temporary eastern terminus in Kegashka on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The western terminus is in Elgin, at the border with New York State south-west of Montreal (connecting with New York State Route 30 at the Trout River Border Crossing). Part of this highway is known as the '' Chemin du Roy'', or King's Highway, which is one of the oldest highways in Canada. It passes through the Montérégie, Montreal, Lanaudière, Mauricie, Capitale-Nationale and Côte-Nord regions of Quebec. In Montreal, Highway 138 runs via Sherbrooke Street, crosses the Pierre Le Gardeur Bridge to Charlemagne and remains a four-lane road until exiting Repentigny. This highway takes a more scenic route than the more direct Autoroute 40 between Montreal and Quebec City. It crosses the Saguenay River via a ferry which travels between Baie-Sainte-Catherine a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Isacsson
Magnus Isacsson (1948 – August 2, 2012) was a Canadian documentary filmmaker whose films investigated contemporary political issues and topics in social activism. Early life and television career Isacsson was born in Sweden in 1948. His father founded and ran an art school and his mother taught children with learning disabilities. Isacsson first became involved with photography, with photographs exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm when he was 18 years old. He immigrated to Canada in 1970. He first worked as a radio producer for Sveriges Radio and the CBC, before moving into television to direct reports for the English– and French-language CBC television networks, for such programs as '' The Fifth Estate'' and ''Le Point''. Film career Frustrated by the creative constraints of working for TV networks, Isacsson began a career as an independent filmmaker in 1986. His film ''Uranium'', the story of radioactive contamination on Native land by Canada's uranium mines, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 Canadian General Strike
The 1976 Canadian general strike was a one-day work stoppage against wage controls across Canada. Wage controls significantly reduced wages for a number of public sector workers. Taking place on October 14, 1976, more than 1.2 million workers participated across the country. It was organized by the Canadian Labour Congress with involvement from independent unions as well. Background The government of Pierre Trudeau passed the Anti-Inflation Act in 1975. One provision of the law allowed the Anti-Inflation Board (AIB) to lower wages in contradiction to collective agreements. References Canadian general strike General strike A general strike is a strike action in which participants cease all economic activity, such as working, to strengthen the bargaining position of a trade union or achieve a common social or political goal. They are organised by large coalitions ... General strikes in Canada Wildcat strikes History of the Canadian Labour Congress First premiersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 In Canada
Events from the year 1976 in Canada. Incumbents Crown * Monarch – Elizabeth II Federal government * Governor General – Jules Léger * Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau * Chief Justice – Bora Laskin (Ontario) * Parliament – 30th Provincial governments Lieutenant governors *Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Ralph Steinhauer *Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Walter Stewart Owen *Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – William John McKeag (until March 15) then Francis Lawrence Jobin *Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Hédard Robichaud *Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Gordon Arnaud Winter *Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Clarence Gosse *Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Pauline Mills McGibbon *Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gordon Lockhart Bennett *Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe *Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Stephen Worobetz (until February 29) then George Porteous Premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corporate Capitalism
In social science and economics, corporate capitalism is a capitalist marketplace characterized by the dominance of hierarchical and bureaucratic corporations. Overview In the developed world, corporations dominate the marketplace, comprising 50% or more of all businesses. Those businesses which are not corporations contain the same bureaucratic structure of corporations, but there is usually a sole owner or group of owners who are liable to bankruptcy and criminal charges relating to their business. Corporations have limited liability. Corporations are usually called public entities or publicly traded entities when parts of their business can be bought in the form of shares on the stock market. This is done as a way of raising capital to finance the investments of the corporation. The shareholders appoint the executives of the corporation, who are the ones running the corporation via a hierarchical chain of power, where the bulk of investor decisions are made at the top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Réjean Parent
Réjean or Rejean is a French masculine given name. Notable people with this name include: *Réjean Cloutier (born 1960), former professional hockey player *Réjean Cournoyer (born 1971), Canadian actor and singer *Réjean Ducharme (1941–2017), Quebec novelist and playwright *Réjean Génois (born 1952), former professional and Davis Cup tennis player from Quebec City *Réjean Houle (born 1949), retired Canadian ice hockey forward *Réjean Lefebvre (born 1943), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000 *Réjean Lemelin (born 1954), former National Hockey League goaltender *Réjean Savoie (born 1952), businessman and former political figure in New Brunswick *Rejean Stringer Rejean Stringer (pronounced Ray-zhawn, Stron-zhay) (born August 21, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played most of his career in the ECHL. Early life and education Stringer was raised in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan ... (born 1974), retired Canadian ice hockey forw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution () was a period of socio-political and socio-cultural transformation in French Canada, particularly in Quebec, following the 1960 Quebec general election. This period was marked by the secularization of the government, the establishment of a state-administered welfare state known as the , a shift in political alignment toward federalist and sovereigntist (or separatist) factions (each faction influenced by Quebec nationalism), and the eventual election of a pro-sovereignty provincial government in the 1976 election. While the Quiet Revolution is often associated with the efforts of the Liberal Party of Quebec's government led by (elected in 1960) and, to some extent, (elected in 1970 after Daniel Johnson of the in 1966), its profound impact has influenced the policies of most provincial governments since the early 1960s. A primary change was an effort by the provincial government to assume greater control over healthcare and education, both of whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was a Canadian politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Between his non-consecutive terms as prime minister, he served as the Leader of the Opposition (Canada), leader of the Opposition from 1979 to 1980. Trudeau was born and raised in Outremont, Quebec, and studied politics and law. In the 1950s, he rose to prominence as a labour activist in Quebec politics by opposing the conservative Union Nationale (Quebec), Union Nationale government. Trudeau was then an associate professor of law at the Université de Montréal. He was originally part of the social democratic New Democratic Party (NDP), but then joined the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party in 1965, believing that the NDP could not achieve power. 1965 Canadian federal election, That year, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada, House of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. It was established as a college under the Quakers, Religious Society of Friends. By 1906, Swarthmore had dropped its religious affiliation and officially became Nonsectarian, non-sectarian. Swarthmore is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution. It is a member of the Tri-College Consortium, a cooperative academic arrangement with Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College. Swarthmore is also affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania through the Quaker Consortium, which allows students to cross-register for classes at all four institutions. Swarthmore College alumni, Swarthmore's alumni include six Nobel Prize winners, 13 MacArthur Foundation fellows, as well as winners of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Charney
Ann Charney (born 1940) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and journalist. Career Her most recent novel, ''Life Class'' was published in 2013. It is a story of displacement and ambition played out in the art circles of Venice, New York and Montreal and is dedicated to her late husband, the artist Melvin Charney who died in September 2012. Her previous novel is ''Distantly Related to Freud'', the coming of age story of a young girl, who dreams of becoming a writer and a femme fatale. Her most widely published novel is ''Dobryd'', the story of a child discovering freedom amid the chaos of war's aftermath. Charney has been a columnist for the magazine ''Maclean's'', and a frequent contributor to '' Saturday Night'', ''Ms.'', and other leading US and Canadian publications. Her work has been published in Canada, the US, France, Germany and Italy. Awards and honors She has won Canadian National Magazine Awards both for her fiction and non-fiction, the Canadian Authors' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maclean's
''Maclean's'' is a Canadian magazine founded in 1905 which reports on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, trends and current events. Its founder, publisher John Bayne Maclean, established the magazine to provide a uniquely Canadian perspective on current affairs and to "entertain but also inspire its readers". Rogers Media, the magazine's publisher since 1994 (after the company acquired Maclean-Hunter Publishing), announced in September 2016 that ''Maclean's'' would become a monthly beginning January 2017, while continuing to produce a weekly issue on the Texture app. In 2019, the magazine was bought by its current publisher, St. Joseph Communications."Toronto Life owner St. Joseph Communications to buy Rog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
