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Article: L'Ordre de Jacques Cartier et les droits des Franco-catholiques en Ontario, 1926-1931.(Essay)
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- Historical Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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Abstract: This paper presents the first actions of the Ordre de Jacques Cartier, a secret society founded in 1926 by a group of French Canadian functionaries in Ottawa. To get out of despair to survive and fight the constant opposition to recognize the right to use French at school and at church, those men decided to use the tools used by their adversaries. They opted for a new leadership, a discret action in the frame of a secret society with an authoritarian superior council, the chancellerie, and local cells, the commanderies. Their first revendications were for use of French, just representation in civil, politic and religious fields, in civil service, and also in ...