Maurice DuPlessis and the Union Nationale
*The Union Nationale was formed by Maurice Duplessis in Quebec in 1936
*It was a French - Canadian party that relied on support from the Catholic Church and rural voters
*He blamed quebec's problems on the english minority in quebec and becomes premier of Quebec
*He did little though to help quebec or ease their problems
*Remains in power on and off until 1959 in Quebec
*Premier Duff Pattullo of B.C. began the 'Little New Deal' based on the american 'New Deal' creating public work projects, increasing minimum wage and shortening the work day.
*It was a French - Canadian party that relied on support from the Catholic Church and rural voters
*He blamed quebec's problems on the english minority in quebec and becomes premier of Quebec
*He did little though to help quebec or ease their problems
*Remains in power on and off until 1959 in Quebec
*Premier Duff Pattullo of B.C. began the 'Little New Deal' based on the american 'New Deal' creating public work projects, increasing minimum wage and shortening the work day.
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Summary
The Union Nationale was Quebecs way of showing the canadian government of the time that even though they were French speaking Canadiens they had voices that needed to be heard. Maurice Duplessis was the voice who they'd been waiting for to help with all their problems, or so they thought. Maurice duplessis also didn't do very much once in power even though he promised he would be able to. In B.C. Premier Duff Pattullo started the new 'little deal' which actually helped canada a lot with their economy.