14 - Georges Forest
Sources
Supreme Court of Canada: Attorney General of Manitoba v. Forest
Supreme Court of Canada: Bilodeau v. A.G. (Man)
Collins, Emmet. “Divided Minority: Franco-Manitobans and the Forest Case.” Manitoba History 64, Fall 2010.
Manitoba Act, 1870
Beaudry Loiselle, Lucienne. Festival du Voyageur Hé Ho!: A Celebration of Culture and Heritage. Winnipeg: Vidacom Publications, 2019.
Doern, Russel. The Battle over Bilingualism: The Manitoba Language Question, 1983-85. Winnipeg: Cambridge Publishers, 1985. [NOTE: The full transcript of Forest and Doern’s radio conversation is in this book.]
Hébert, Raymond. Manitoba’s French-Language Crisis: A Cautionary Tale. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2004.
In 1976, a man got a parking ticket in Saint Boniface. The events that followed would challenge the foundations of Manitoba’s laws, and the tolerance of Manitobans for their neighbours. In this episode we discuss Georges Forest and his quest for francophone rights.
Thank you to Raymond Hébert and Roger Bilodeau for their input on this episode, and to Annie Langlois for her great archival finds!
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