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Distinct society (in French la société distincte) was a political neologism used during a constitutional debate in Canada, in the second half of the 1980s and in the early 1990s. It refers to the uniqueness of Quebec within Canada. A neologism is word, term, or phrase which has been recently created (coined) —often to apply to new concepts, or to reshape older terms in newer language form. ...
The Constitutional debate of Canada is an ongoing debate covering various political issues regarding the fundamental law of the country. ...
The 1980s, in its most obvious sense, was the decade between 1980 and 1989. ...
The 1990s refers to the years 1990 to 1999; the last decade of the 20th Century, but in an economical sense The Nineties is often considered to span from the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 to the September 11 attacks in 2001. ...
The first European explorer to reach Quebec was Jacques Cartier, who planted a cross either in the Gaspé in 1534 or at Old Fort Bay on the Lower North Shore and sailed into the St. ...
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Distinct society is, in many ways, a euphemism for nation. The Meech Lake Accord would have recognized the difference of Quebec within Canada, and thus to implicitly recognize its peoplehood. A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces, or in the case of doublespeak to make it less troublesome for the speaker. ...
One of the most influential doctrines in history is that all humans are divided into groups called nations. ...
One of the most influential doctrines in history is that all humans are divided into groups called nations. ...
This choice of word can be explained by the fact that at the time there was not total consensus among Quebecers on using the word nation to designate their society, and that the use of nation in the official papers of the accord would have doomed its approval in the rest of Canada, where the designation of Quebec as a nation was, and still is, even more controversial. Consensus has two common meanings. ...
In retrospect, even the euphemism seems to have shocked English Canadians, partly leading to the demise of the accord in the other provinces. English Canada is a term used to describe either: the anglophone residents of Canada or the Canadian provinces other than Quebec and, sometimes, New Brunswick, in which French is an official language of the provincial governments. ...
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Meech Lake debate During the Meech Lake Accord debate, distinct society was mainly associated with Robert Bourassa from the Parti libéral du Québec and Brian Mulroney of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. It was used in the official documents of the accord. A portrait of Robert Bourassa, taken during his second term as premier of Quebec (1985–1994). ...
The Parti libéral du Québec (Liberal Party of Quebec), or PLQ, is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. ...
The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney, PC , CC , GOQ , LL.D (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. ...
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian centre-right conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ...
Charlottetown Accord The Charlottetown Accord (proposed amendments to the Constitution rejected in 1992) had a so-called "Canada clause" that would have also recognized Quebec as a distinct society. The Charlottetown Accord was a package of constitutional amendments, proposed by the Canadian federal and provincial governments in 1992. ...
Amendments to the Constitution of Canada are changes to the Constitution of Canada initiated by the government. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Present time Since the death of the accord in 1990, the use of the expression has faded since it is tied to the failure of the Meech agreement, and because of the present general use, within Quebec, of the term nation to describe Quebec, its people, and its State. Other euphemisms used mainly by federalist nationalists are different or unique society. This article is about the year. ...
The French language expression État québécois (English: Quebec State) or État du Québec is a term used by some Quebeckers to refer to their province or provincial government. ...
Quebec federalism, in regards to the future of the Quebec people, defends the concept of Quebec remaining within Canada as opposed to Quebec sovereigntism, proponent of Quebec independence (most often, but not for all followers, along with an economic union with Canada similar to the European Union). ...
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