Québec Nationalism and the Production of Difference: The Bouchard-Taylor Commission, the Hérouxville Code of Conduct, and Québec's Immigrant Integration Policy

Leroux, Darryl

doi:10.3828/qs.49.1.107

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“…Inter-culturalism came about in response to Canada's implementation of its multiculturalism policies and has been promoted and in operation officially in Quebec since the 1970s (Waddington et al, 2011). According to Leroux (2010), the 1990 policy document Au Québec pour bâtir ensemble: Énoncé de politique en matière d'immigration et d'integration best articulates the policy implications of interculturalism which has three main principles: "French as the language of public life; a democratic society, where everyone is expected and encouraged to participate and contribute; and an open, pluralist society that respects democratic values and intercommunitarian exchange" (Gouvernement du Québec 1990, p.16). One of the key differences between inter-culturalism and multiculturalism is the notion of a moral contract between newcomers and the Quebec society, which suggests that Quebec's common public culture is at the forefront (Leroux, 2012).…”

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“…This number rises as high as 69 per cent in Quebec (Angus Reid, 2013). In this only French-speaking province of Canada, identity politics combined with secularist discourses have framed Muslims as a threatening 'Other' outside the "nationalist space" (Bilge, 2013;Leroux, 2010;Wong, 2011). Since 9/11, a growing body of literature suggests that Muslim youth in North American societies have experienced conflicts in their schools impeding social and academic progress caused by issues relating to identity, integration, racism, and gender (Bakali, 2015(Bakali, & 2016Liese, 2004;Maira, 2014;Zine, 2006).…”

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Muslim Youth Experiences in Quebec Secondary Schools: Race, Racialization, and the ‘Dangerous Muslim Man’

Bakali¹

2016

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This article examines the experiences of Muslim men who had attended the secondary schools in Quebec in the post-9/11 context. Employing a critical ethnographic approach stemming from institutional ethnography, this study presents biases/racism these men had experienced in their secondary schools in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks and throughout the period of the War on Terror, and the possible causes for this treatment.

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Muslim Youth Experiences in Quebec Secondary Schools: Race, Racialization, and the ‘Dangerous Muslim Man’

Bakali¹

2016

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“…Announced by Quebec Premier Jean Charest in early 2007 in response to growing tensions over the accommodation of immigrant and ethnic minority cultural and religious practices, the Commission was a public inquiry into Quebec citizens' opinions about what would constitute reasonable accommodation of immigrants and other minorities in the province (Woehrling ). The debate was fuelled in large part by outrage over the Islamophobic, mandated “living standards” stipulated by the village of Hérouxville in early 2007, but also by inflammatory media coverage of instances of accommodation, and by Premier Charest's controversial decision to increase the number of immigrants to Quebec (Herrera and Lachappelle ; Leroux ) . The Commission received $5 million in funding and Premier Charest appointed two prominent Quebec intellectuals to lead it: historian, sociologist, and novelist Gérard Bouchard, who has written much on Quebec's collective imaginary and social history, and political philosopher Charles Taylor, who is perhaps best known in Canada for his communitarian critique of liberalism.…”

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“…Writing in a similar vein, Legassic () argues that the reasonable accommodation debate worked to legitimate colonial power relations by creating a space in which settlers could dictate the boundaries of collective identity, and thereby obscure Aboriginal peoples as the original reasonable accommodators, long forced to “accommodate” colonialism. Other commentators have analyzed the discourses about difference expressed during the periods leading up to and after the Commission's activities (Leroux ), the role of the media in promoting racist rhetoric (Potvin ), how competing concepts of the nation were mobilized in the Hérouxville Code of Conduct and its aftermath (Nieguth and Lacassagne ), and, drawing from the original briefs submitted to the Commission, how Quebecers' collective identity is articulated through and sometimes against the framework of the nation (Freiwald ). Still others see in the Commission a political strategy to bring public opinion on immigration closer to that of Premier Charest's Parti Libéral government (Herrera and Lachappelle ).…”

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Ignorance and historical geographies of Aboriginal exclusion: Evidence from the 2007 Bouchard‐Taylor Commission on Reasonable Accommodation

Schaefli

Godlewska

2013

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Ignorance is linked to colonialism and is deeply implicated in the maintenance of unequal social relations. The authors theorize ignorance as structural and self-interested, and undertake a geographically sensitive analysis of Quebec's 2007 Bouchard-Taylor Commission to demonstrate how ignorance of Aboriginal realities works strategically to sustain unequally occupied rhetorical and material space. The Bouchard-Taylor Commission was a public inquiry into Quebec citizens' opinions on the degree to which cultural difference should be accommodated in the province. Through both geographic decisions about where to hold public meetings and in its very mandate, the Commission restricted participation to Quebecers of French-Canadian descent and immigrants of long and more recent standing. The authors analyze how the law, and ignorance of how it applies to Aboriginal peoples, was mobilized by the Commissioners to create a space from which Aboriginal peoples could be excluded, and highlight the continuity of this strategy with past debates over Quebec identity. The case of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission demonstrates how ignorance operates in highly sophisticated and often readily justifiable ways to uphold settler interests.L'ignorance et les géographies historiques de l'exclusion autochtone : éléments de preuve découlant de la commission Bouchard-Taylor sur les accommodements raisonnables tenue en 2007Alors qu'il existe une interdépendance entre le colonialisme et l'ignorance, celle-ci est également fortement associée au maintien de relations sociales inégales. Partant de la théorie que l'ignorance est innée et fondée sur un intérêt personnel, les auteurs inscrivent l'analyse de la commission Bouchard-Taylor du Québec tenue en 2007 dans une perspective géographique en vue de mettre en évidence de quelle manière l'ignorance de la réalité autochtone découle d'une stratégie visant à maintenir une occupation inégale de l'espace rhétorique et matériel. La commission Bouchard-Taylor a été mise sur pied dans le but de mener une enquête publique auprès des citoyens du Québec pour recueillir leurs avis pour savoir dans quelle mesure les différences d'ordre culturel devraient faire l'objet d'accommodements dans la province. Autant par les décisions de nature géographique au sujet des endroits choisis pour tenir les audiences publiques que par son propre mandat, la Commission a limité la participation aux Québécois de descendance canadienne-française et aux immigrants récents et de longue date. L'analyse porte ensuite sur la loi et comment les commissaires ont pu tirer parti de l'ignorance de la manière dont elle s'applique aux peuples autochtones pour générer un espace qui pouvait les exclure. Les auteurs soulignent à quel point cette stratégie se situe dans la continuité avec les débats précédents qui ont eu lieu sur l'identité du Québec. La commission Bouchard-Taylor fournit un exemple de

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“…In Mackey's metaphor, the hegemony of white francophone settlers within Quebec is omitted. SeeAustin (2010) andLeroux (2010) for further explanation of the colonial history of French-Canadian Québécois against Indigenous peoples, and its practice of slavery and racial exclusion.…”

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Marriage Migration and National Boundary-Making: A Comparative Study of Marriage Migration in South Korea and Canada

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This dissertation provides a comparative analysis of marriage migration to South Korea and Canada. It examines how marriage migration has been regulated and how it has contributed to national boundary-making in these countries. In each country's endeavours to manage the population and shape the boundaries of the nation, the entry and integration of marriage migrants are regulated reflecting intersecting social relations of gender, race/ethnicity, class, age, and the divide between global South/North. The research draws upon multiple theoretical frameworks including intersectional and critical race feminist frameworks, political economic approaches to neoliberalism and human capital theory, and critical security studies. In order to comprehend the interactions among government policies, discourses and organizational and individual practices of marriage migration in the two countries,

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Québec Nationalism and the Production of Difference: The Bouchard-Taylor Commission, the Hérouxville Code of Conduct, and Québec's Immigrant Integration Policy

Cited by 23 publications

References 6 publications

Muslim Youth Experiences in Quebec Secondary Schools: Race, Racialization, and the ‘Dangerous Muslim Man’

Muslim Youth Experiences in Quebec Secondary Schools: Race, Racialization, and the ‘Dangerous Muslim Man’

Ignorance and historical geographies of Aboriginal exclusion: Evidence from the 2007 Bouchard‐Taylor Commission on Reasonable Accommodation

Marriage Migration and National Boundary-Making: A Comparative Study of Marriage Migration in South Korea and Canada

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