Colonial Mentality - Quebec

Quebec

The idea that some Quebecers hold a colonial mentality, due to the conquest of Quebec by the British and subsequent domination by English Canada is prevalent in a segment of Québécois intellectual thought, notably within the Quebec nationalist and independence movements. These theorists characterize the relationship of Canada and Quebec as a dominant-dominated relationship, and often consider the Quiet Revolution an event of decolonization. Those who are in favour of independence hold that Quebec sovereignty is another necessary decolonizing step, yet proper decolonization of Quebec would include French settlers realizing their responsibility for the violence persecuted against the indigenous peoples during time of colonization. The colonial mentality concept has also been used to criticize the relationship some Québécois have with France, as Quebec was a colony of France in the era of New France.