1916 - English becomes the only authorized language of instruction in Manitoba. The province's sizeable French-speaking population is forced to attend English schools until 1970.
1918 - Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur presents a motion demanding the independence of Quebec.
1918 - Lionel Groulx, becomes the first priest to publicly denounce the injustices against French speakers. He denounces the unilingual English face of Montreal, the absence of bilingual coins and bank notes, and the absence of French in Ottawa, the federal capital.
1918 - Women win the right to vote in Canadian federal elections. All provinces follow suit by 1922 except Quebec, which does not give women the right to vote in provincial elections until 1940.
1927 - The British Privy Council fixes the border between Labrador and Quebec in Newfoundland's favour, without the assent of the Quebec parliament. To this day, official Quebec maps reflect Quebec's territorial claim.[1] (http://www.dgeq.qc.ca/img/carte_2001/images/region09.gif)
1927 - April 1: by virtue of a new law, members of the Legislative Assembly no longer need to resign and stand for re-election in a by-election when they are named cabinet ministers.
1928 - The British Privy Council decides that women in Canada are legal "persons".
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