Quebec

**Quebec** is a province within Canada that, since the Second Weltkrieg, possesses significant autonomy over domestic affairs. It is surrounded by the integrated Anglophone provinces of Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as the Syndicalist States to the south.

With the controversial passage of Bill C-7 resulting in the Second Conscription Crisis, the policy became a rallying cry French Canadian autonomy within the country. As the Canadian government delved further towards exile-oriented paternalism, nationalist protestors split on whether or not to align with the USSA-supported wave of general strikes preceding the Continental War, yet most opposed intervention regardless. By the time war broke out, French draftees refused to join, burning their draft cards as Maurice Duplessis caved in, proclaiming that no French soldier may unwillingly join the war. The Quebec nationalist movement was only emboldened by the fallout of the Second Weltkrieg, claiming the war to be an irreparable failure fought exclusively for English interests. Fearing outright revolution, the Canadian government caved in to elements of the protest movement, granting Quebec a unique status as a devolved autonomous country within Canada.

Quebec has been dominated by the big tent Union Nationale since Black Monday in 1936, a Catholic right-wing populist party that has served as an extension of Maurice Duplessis's political empire. Business and church interests generally dominate the province's government, stunting economic growth and stirring a renewed interest in unionism, while more fervent nationalists, particularly those of the far-left, become increasingly alienated by the UN's corruption and authoritarianism.

## Politics

Parties in Québec include:

* **UN** (Union nationale) - A national conservative and authoritarian party that has dominated Québecois politics since 1936, closely tied with the business and church interests that control the province's society. It has been dominated by Maurice Duplessis since 1956, though his health and reputation have increasingly devolved over time, as the party splits between two Pauls: Bouchard's integralists and Sauvé's modernists.
* **PL** (Parti libéral) - An autonomist centre-left party that has begun the process of reforming itself into the forefront of the opposition to the UN, reflected by the slogan "c'est l'temps qu'ça change". It supports the secularization of state government, the nationalization of key industries, the creation of a state pension plan, and détente with France, along with general association with Canada, although the party is split on Quebec nationalism itself, between Jean Lesage's autonomists and René Lévesque's associated sovereigntists. It is led by Georges-Émile Lapalme at the start of the game, but will select Jean Lesage as its new leader in 1957.
* **PSD** (Parti social démocratique) - A progressive unionist party that has gained widespread support campaigning among women alienated by the UN. Tends to cooperate with the Liberals, forming a united opposition with the party. It is led by Thérèse Casgrain.
* **PS** (Parti socialiste) - A syndicalist nationalist party heavily supported by the CSN and CSQ trade unions and partially funded by the Syndicalist States. Though it is the smallest represented party, it has only grown in the years since its inception, due to the far-right tendencies of the UN as well as the unionist sympathies of the PSD, carrying over many former Bloc populaire supporters. It is led by Michel Chartrand.

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