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Article: Educational mission of the Quebec National Assembly.
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- Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 2000
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The bicentennial of Quebec's parliamentary institutions in 1991 inspired us to cast a backward glance at our democratic beginnings, recalling the critical importance of the Constitutional Act, 1791; of the first elections, in June 1792; of the first session of Parliament in December 1792; and the parliamentary reforms that led to the National Assembly as we know it today. After the bicentennial, the National Assembly launched a project designed to make Quebec's parliamentary institutions better known, understood and appreciated.
As part of its Educational Mission, the National Assembly has produced documents and has organized activities for students at the ...