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	Canada Economic Development -- The Economy of Quebec and Its Regions - Analysis of Trends 2003
		The Quebec government was not spared from this trend, and had to agree to cut back substantially on its overall spending.
		Despite slow demographic growth, the pressure exerted by the knowledge economy and globalization will have to be translated into increased spending on education in order to meet Quebec enterprises’ need for skilled labour and ensure their future competitiveness.
		Quebec’s total debt stood at $105 billion in 2001-2002, making Quebec one of the most indebted provinces.
	www.dec-ced.gc.ca /Complements/Publications/ADT2003/en/1.html (540 words)

	Quebec - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The official language of Quebec is French; it is the sole Canadian province whose population is mainly French Canadian, and where English is not an official language at the provincial level.
		Quebec's highest mountain is Mont D'Iberville, which is located on the border with Newfoundland and Labrador in the northeastern part of the province.
		The avian emblem of Quebec is the snowy owl.
	en.wikipedia.b4d.pl /wiki/Quebec (5179 words)

	Economy of Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The economy of Quebec, Canada is diversified and post-industrial with an average potential for growth.
		Quebec is listed among the top 20 best tourist destinations in the world, and the City of Quebec is the only fortified city in North America north of Mexico.
		Quebec is one of the ten largest producers in the world in the mining sector.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economy_of_Quebec (1268 words)

	Quebec's Linguistic Situation @ neuvel.net
		Quebec's linguistic situation, while the subject of countless discussions, is still strikingly misunderstood outside the province.
		In 1951, native speakers of French represented approximately 83%* of Quebec's population, native speakers of English, approximately 14%*, with 3% of allophones.
		Founded in 1982, Alliance Quebec is by far the most vocal and politically active organization "committed to the preservation and enhancement of the English-speaking communities and institutions within Quebec." The following is part of a document titled “The Historical Background of the Situation of English-speaking Quebecers” written by William Johnson, President of Alliance Quebec.
	www.neuvel.net /Quebec_ling.htm (3530 words)

	Economy of Quebec
		The economy of Quebec is diversified and post-industrial with a strong potential for growth.
		Quebec has a modern post-industrial economy with a positive trade balance.
		Quebec's ground transportation industry generated $7.2 billion in revenue at the beginning of 2004.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/e/ec/economy_of_quebec.html (640 words)

	Social Economy - Social Economy and Public Policy: The Quebec Experience
		It was thanks to the Government of Quebec’s Summit on the Economy and Employment that the third major phase of active cohabitation arose with the recognition of a new network of networks, that is, the Chantier de l’économie sociale, which became, starting in 1999, a new interlocutor with the Government of Quebec.
		Another civil society initiative contributed to the debate on the development of employment and the social economy: Bread and Roses, the Women’s March Against Poverty, was the primary catalyst for the arrival of the social economy in the public sphere throughout Quebec in the second half of the 1990s.
		Quebec in North America can be viewed as a unique laboratory researching new avenues, owing to a few institutional innovations signalling the possibility of new bridges between civil society, the state, and the market.
	policyresearch.gc.ca /v8n2_art_03_e.html (3759 words)

	THE CHANGED VISION OF QUEBEC INDEPENDENCE
		The segment of Quebec's population who were most affected by the changes caused by the evolution of an information sector in the economy were entering high school after 1980.
		Quebec's earlier independence movement had envisioned francophones acquiring control of Quebec's economy, then guiding the evolution of the province's economy, while preserving the French language and culture.
		They achieved this while Quebec is still a province inside a federal Canadian political system, even though that federal political system had very little to do with the megatrends that caused the development of an information sector in the world economy in the first place.
	www.quebecoislibre.org /020511-10.htm (898 words)

	The world's top quebec websites (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Quebec (pronounced "keh-BECK" or "kwe-BECK"; French: le Québec) is a Canadian province with a population of 7,487,200 (Statistics Canada, 2003), primarily speakers of the French language making up the bulk of the Francophone population in North America.
		Quebec is located in eastern Canada, bordered by Ontario and Hudson Bay to the west, Atlantic Canada to the east, the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York) to the south and the Arctic Ocean to the north.
		Quebec is at once a North American society and the main French-speaking society on the continent.
	www.websbiggest.com /wiki-article-tab.cfm/quebec (1931 words)

	Canada Economic Development -- The Economy of Quebec and Its Regions - Analysis of Trends 2003
		Quebec, like all industrialized economies, has to contend with a profound transformation in the factors influencing economic development.
		Quebec’s fertility rate of 1.44 children per woman, among the lowest of any Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country along with Japan, is insufficient to ensure growth in the province’s population in the medium and long term.
		The U.S. is Quebec’s largest trade partner by far, since the province ships 85% of its exports to, and close to half its imports come from, that country.
	www.dec-ced.gc.ca /Complements/Publications/ADT2003/en/Intro_Som.html (701 words)

	quebec news
		QUEBEC (CP) - The Parti Quebecois government is limping into what may be an election year, hobbled by events that saw its electoral prospects and sovereigntist ambitions dim in 2001.
		Quebec's interest in the southern fringe of Labrador is related to the headwaters of lower North Shore rivers.
		Concern over Quebec identity documents came to a head when it was learned that terrorist Ahmed Ressam, arrested entering the United States with a car full of explosives in 1999, used a falsified baptismal certificate to obtain a Canadian passport.
	www.angelfire.com /my/migrations/quebec_issue_and_separatism-01.html (4999 words)

	Social Economy - Partnership-Oriented Research on the Social Economy in Quebec
		It culminated in the Quebec socio-economic summit in 1996.
		Although the social economy is important to the social, cultural, political, and economic development of Canadian communities, relatively little research was conducted on it between 1800 and 1950.
		In Quebec, the first research work on what would subsequently be called the social economy was conducted mainly by activists or other social actors in the 19th century proposing an alternative way to think about the relationship between market and society.
	policyresearch.gc.ca /v8n2_art_04_e.html (3087 words)

	Quebec : Exploring Essential Information, Data and Explanation.
		Great Britain acquired Canada by the Treaty of Paris (1763) when King Louis XV of France and his advisors chose to keep the territory of Guadeloupe for its valuable sugar crops instead of New France, which was viewed as a vast, frozen wasteland of little importance to the French colonial empire.
		Quebec Act that allowed Quebec to maintain the French Civil Code as its judicial system and sanctioned the freedom of religious choice, allowing the Roman Catholic Church to remain.
		The graphic emblem of Quebec is the fleur-de-lis, usually white on a blue background, as on the flag of Quebec (above), the Fleurdelisé;.
	www.llpoh.org /Styles_and_Architecture_2/Quebec.html (1767 words)

	LINGUIST List 2.205: Last Word on Quebec
		The general feeling in Quebec is that we have perfectly acceptable French words to refer to the same realities ("fin de semaine", "magasinage", and "logiciel", respectively) and that it is therefore preferable to use them.
		Quebec, on the other hand encourages immigration and imposes only the reasonable requirement that immigrants' children will be schooled in French, the dominant language in their new homeland.
		From this, I hope it is obvious that the goal of the Quebec language policy is to make all immigrants to Quebec fluent in French for general purposes of life in the province, not to discourage English.
	www.ling.ed.ac.uk /linguist/issues/2/2-205.html (1520 words)

	Economy of Quebec - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		Quebec has a modern post-industrial economy with a positive trade_balance.
		Since the signing of the free trade agreement between Canada and the USA in 1987, Quebec exports to the American republic have exploded.
		Quebec's aerospace industry is ranked 6th in the world for its production value.
	www.indexsuche.com /Economy_of_Quebec.html (259 words)

	Social Economy - Partnership-Oriented Research on the Social Economy in Quebec
		It culminated in the Quebec socio-economic summit in 1996.
		Although the social economy is important to the social, cultural, political, and economic development of Canadian communities, relatively little research was conducted on it between 1800 and 1950.
		In Quebec, the first research work on what would subsequently be called the social economy was conducted mainly by activists or other social actors in the 19th century proposing an alternative way to think about the relationship between market and society.
	www.policyresearch.gc.ca /page.asp?pagenm=v8n2_art_04 (3087 words)

	Chronology of Quebec Nationalism 1960-1991 - Quebec History
		Quebec City was the scene of large demonstrations and of police brutality; the day is remembered in Quebec history as ‘Samedi de la matraque’
		It was to be a major instrument in the plans to develop more the economy of Quebec and enhance the position of the French language and of francophones in the economy of Quebec.
		Levesque outlined Quebec's demands to join the constitutional framework: among the many provisions were exemption from most clauses of the Canadian Charter of Rights, exclusive jurisdiction over language and recognition of Quebec as a distinct society.
	faculty.marianopolis.edu /c.belanger/quebechistory/chronos/national.htm (1720 words)

	Social Economy
		The social economy is a grass-roots entrepreneurial, not-for-profit sector, based on democratic values that seeks to enhance the social, economic, and environmental conditions of communities, often with a focus on their disadvantaged members.
		Social economy enterprises are run like businesses, producing goods and services for the market economy, but they manage their operations and redirect their surpluses in the pursuit of social and community goals.
		The social economy is important because it contributes to a range of community goals and has the potential to create collective wealth through the production of goods and services.
	www.hrsdc.gc.ca /en/cs/comm/sd/social_economy.shtml (730 words)

	NEWS: Quebec Premier Charest calls for stronger NAFTA modelled on EU, page 1
		Quebec is a big province and has quite a bit of resources to leverage itself as a country in its own right.
		Quebec has the lowest # of birthrates in Canada, Quebec separtists want to keep the Canadian Currency, military, but think they can walk away from their fair share of the debt.
		Quebec is still bound by its treaties to the natives.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread123970/pg1 (2429 words)

	Quebec’s economy is worsening
		Despite a recent jump in births, Quebecers are not having many children, and Quebec is not sufficiently attractive to immigrants in economic terms in comparison with its main competitors to compensate for this low birth rate.
		Quebec can expect to have trouble maintaining the quality of public and social goods and services at a level comparable to the rest of Canada.
		Quebec’s unenviable situation gets even worse when the number of employment insurance recipients and average weekly compensation are compared to the rest of Canada.
	www.iedm.org /main/show_mediareleases_en.php?mediareleases_id=147 (740 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Instead the Quebec Act maintained French civil law and expanded the boundaries of the new British Province of Quebec all the way to present-day St.
		The Quebec sovereignty movement is also sometimes misunderstood by Americans as arising from loyalty to France, rather than from political and cultural conflicts within Canada.
		Also, until the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, the economy of Quebec and its high-ranking positions were controlled by the English minority in Quebec, despite the fact that the French QuÃ©becois comprised 90% of the province's population at the time.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Anti-Canadianism (2002 words)

	Chronology of Quebec Nationalism 1960-1991 - Quebec History
		Quebec City was the scene of large demonstrations and of police brutality; the day is remembered in Quebec history as ‘Samedi de la matraque’
		It was to be a major instrument in the plans to develop more the economy of Quebec and enhance the position of the French language and of francophones in the economy of Quebec.
		Levesque outlined Quebec's demands to join the constitutional framework: among the many provisions were exemption from most clauses of the Canadian Charter of Rights, exclusive jurisdiction over language and recognition of Quebec as a distinct society.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/chronos/national.htm (1720 words)

	Quebec - Photos, Maps, Videos, Flags, Facts, More -- National Geographic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		An island of francophones in the English-speaking sea of North America, La Belle Province de Quebec has long struggled to retain its mother tongue and clarify its relationship with the rest of Canada.
		In 1980, 60 percent of Quebec voters rejected a referendum advocating separation, but the province still seeks special status within Canada to preserve its cultural heritage.
		Most of Quebec's people live in a fertile region along the St. Lawrence River, where a wealth of fruits and vegetables is grown.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/provinces/province_quebec.html (454 words)

	Luc Theriault Studies Social Economy in Canada -- UNB Perspectives - a newletter from UNB
		Perhaps it was the subject and the confounding meaning of social economy, a European concept that encompasses organizations of the charitable, not-for-profit, cooperative and community economic development sectors seeking to enhance the social, economic and environmental conditions of communities, often with a focus on disadvantaged members.
		He is responsible for mapping and profiling the social economy scope in Atlantic Canada.
		We have to see the social economy as a new form of democratic involvement, as a sphere of socio-economic activities giving priority to servicing needs of individuals and families in local communities, not in generating profit and distributing dividends to shareholders.”
	www.unb.ca /perspectives/view.php?id=552 (764 words)

	Moving in Canada Quebec Economy
		The province's resoruces are spread throught the province, with its hydro-electic energy capacity in its east and its far north.
		Quebec exports 40 percent of its total production, mainly from the forest industry (printing, lumber and paper), mining (aluminium and iron ore) and transportation equipment manufacturing.
		With the province's old world charm, sophisticated cities and vast outdoor activity, tourism is an important part of Quebec's economy.
	www.movingincanada.com /Quebec/economy.htm (196 words)

	Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By area, Quebec is the largest province and the second-largest administrative division in Canada: only the territory of Nunavut is larger.
		In addition, the Quebec Ombudsman [7], Louis Marceau, was instructed to hear complaints of detainees and the Quebec government agreed to pay damages to any person unjustly arrested (only in Quebec).
		According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official form in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is one of 81 locales of pan-Canadian significance with official forms in both languages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quebec (4560 words)

	CNW Group \| CHANTIER DE L'ECONOMIE SOCIALE \| $52.8 million to develop the social economy - Launch of the Chantier de ...
		QUEBEC CITY, Jan. 11 /CNW Telbec/ - The Chantier de l'économie sociale Trust will administer a $52.8 million patient capital fund for Québec's social economy enterprises.
		With this fund, patient capital loans (for a 15-year period with capital reimbursement only at the end of the term) will be offered to social economy enterprises to cover their start-up, development, product and service improvement, acquisition, construction and building renovation costs.
		A non-profit corporation, the Chantier's membership is composed of networks of social economy business developers in multiple sectors, local development stakeholders and representatives of the major social movements.
	www.newswire.ca /en/releases/archive/January2007/11/c5125.html (677 words)

	quebec social studies geography
		Quebec, like all industrialized economies, has to contend with a profound transformation in the factors influencing economic development." Learn what these changes are what what the future might hold.
		Quebec Canada - Government Map and Parks in the Province of Quebec...
		The objective of the demographic study is to describe the FOLS-English age-structure and distribution in the 03 and 12 Administrative Regions and the Quebec CMA.
	www.archaeolink.com /quebec_social_studies_geography.htm (1047 words)

	quebec
		The Quiet Revolution was also the beginning of a period of political tension and disputes between Québec and the federal government as the province sought to assume greater control over its economy and society.
		The most recent general election was held on 1 December 1998, in which the separatist Parti Québécois won 75 of the legislature's 125 seats, while the anti-separatist Quebec Liberal Party won 48.
		The service sector is by far the largest sector of the economy, followed by manufacturing; finance, insurance, and real estate; public administration and defense; retail trade; wholesale trade; transportation; utilities; agriculture, forestry, fishing, and mining; communications; and warehousing.
	cms.westport.k12.ct.us /cmslmc/foreignlanguages/canada/quebec.htm (7499 words)

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