The State Agenda in Quebec and Ontario, 1960-1980

Abstract

This essay seeks to evaluate the popular hypothesis that ethnoregional factors have created a neo-nationalist and interventionist state “ethic” in Quebec. The study provides a comprehensive categorization of all new legislative enactments adopted in Ontario and Quebec between 1960 and 1980, using refinements of typologies originally employed by Lionel Ouellet. Similarities and differences in the amount of legislation adopted by each province in various policy fields are then assessed. Some significant differences are discovered in such areas as economic stimulation, state corporations, national symbols, international affairs, education, and social assistance policy which may reflect ethnoregional variations. However, the amount of legislation adopted by each state in numerous other fields is quite similar, suggesting that many modern challenges have been dealt with in like fashion by the two provinces.

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