te. They were ignored but their struggle continued in the form of separatism.
             The Quebecois are a historically based society that shares a common language, culture, territory, and an economic life. Quebec is a nation that is three times larger than France and owns the rights to many resources. At present, however 70%-80% of their industry is owned by the United States or English Canada. The francophones have historically carried the brunt of the worst jobs and the lowest wages. They have the dirtiest slums and the most inferior schools, not to mention prejudices inflicted upon them because of their language itself (Hatch; Kendrick, 1995, PG.).
             It is commonly held belief that French-language Television played a part as well with the galvanization of nationalism in 1952 (Wright, 1995, 4). The power of the television, until then, had principally come from Hollywood and now the people of Quebec had a voice with which to influence and enlighten. They would no longer be merely influenced by outside sources.
             The modern day conflict and struggle emerged in 1982, when Britain condoned a transfer of legislative power from its own parliament to the Canadian government and its provinces. After two years of negotiations all the provinces save Quebec were happy and satisfied with the new constitutional provisions. These provisions included a "charter of rights and a formula for constitutional amendment (with amendments needing support of at least seven provinces, and representing more than 50 percent of the population for approval). To this day, Quebec has refused to agree to this system of constitutional reform, insisting on holding its own veto power" (Canada Business, Current issues, 1997, PG.).
             The Liberal party of Quebec gained a rise in power in 1985 and shortly thereafter the federal government adopted yet another group of initiatives to hopefully lure Quebec into joining in the constitutional reform. In 1987 Muroney and t...