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ABSTRACTThe hardships of the Depression encouraged young Montréal nationalists to join together to found the Jeune-Canada movement in December 1932. Existing studies of this movement have centred on its ideology, but an analysis of its internal and public activities is required to truly understand this group. Thus, this article attempts to trace the links between the movement and its socio-political surroundings, and especially with older nationalists who, despite the movement's apparent independence, provided it with support and inspiration. Nationalists, from Lionel Groulx to Le Devoir and the Action libérale nationale, tried to guide and influence these young men with differing degrees of success. Relations between the Jeune-Canada and political parties, on the other hand, were tainted with mistrust and often turned to bitter confrontations with some politicians. The article will also discuss how public success reflected the internal vitality of the movement. The analysis of the movement's evolution and organization allows us to identify the inherent weaknesses of this group of students which eventually caused its downfall. It is also apparent from the analysis of internal debates and disagreements, that this group of friends' unity in the defence of traditionnal nationalism, hid ideological and stylistic differences. Finally, we will show how the Jeune-Canada's significant impact made it an actor in Quebec's political history.
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Canada's foreign policy towards Guatemala has historically been marked by two topics : human rights and business opportunities. Despite deteriorating relations with Canadian and transnational civil society on the issue of mining, the Harper government continues to promote human rights in Guatemala. This article proposes a theoretical reflection on the instrumentalization of human rights in Canadian foreign policy by analyzing the Guatemalan case since the 1980s. In fact the instrumentalization of human rights has always been part of the (re)definition process of the Canadian identity through Internationalism and now with Neoconservatism in foreign policy.
Keywords: Canada, Guatemala, droits humains, internationalisme, néoconservatisme, mines, Canada, Guatemala, human rights, internationalism, neoconservatism, mining, Canadá, Guatemala, derechos humanos, internacionalismo, neoconservadurismo, minería
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An alternative method is proposed to explain return migration dynamics, based on the relationship between citizenship and return migration. Exclusive access to the Register of the Italian Population Abroad enables a comparative method to be elaborated to test the following hypothesis : return migration among the Italian population in Canada is related to keeping Italian citizenship. For this purpose, an origin — destination approach is adopted to create a cross-data historical overview of Italian migration to Canada from 1966 to 2006, focussing on the period 2001 to 2006. Using a multiregional model (Rogers, 1995) to simulate an Italian—Canadian demographic system enables the interaction between demographic phenomena and naturalisation to be captured. The article demonstrates the existence of a positive relationship between returnto Italy and Italian citizenship for Italian Canadians living in Canada.
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In February 1995, Canada 's Liberal Government issued its first Statement on foreign policy entitled Canada in the World. This Statement viewed international assistance as but one component of an over-arching foreign policy framework geared to the Government's three primary objectives: the promotion of prosperity and employment, the protection of security within a stable global framework, and the projection internationally of Canadian values and culture. This paper argues that among the salient considerations shaping the Government's response to the global economic outlook was the emergence of significant "new players" as partners and competitors of Canada's in international trade and investment, including newly industrializing economies like South Korea, Mexico and Taiwan, and middle income high growth developing countries of Asia and Latin America.