Canada and the Canadian question ... with map

Front matter

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CHAPTER II The French Province

Canada proper a French colony — Dominion of the Papacy and the Church in Quebec — The French peasantry and their lot — Rapid increase of their numbers — Their occupations — Hold of the Church upon them — Wealth of the Church — The Jesuit and his relation to education — The Parti Rouge — The Guibord affair — Recent change in the character of the Church — Attitude of the Church towards the State, and towards the British and Protestant population — Ecclesiastical pretensions and nationalist aspirations — The Quebec Premier the champion of both — He apostrophises the Tricolor — Relations between the British and French race in the Province — Extrusion of the British — Protestant strongholds — Exodus of French Canadians to New England — The Irish at Montreal .... . 4