Mattawa. A contre-courant
Benoit Cazabon
Mattawa. A contre-courant
Benoit Cazabon
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Ancree dans la communaute naissante de Mattawa a la fin du 19e siecle, alors que le chemin de fer ouvre le Canada vers l'Ouest, ce roman presente les enjeux de la migration quebecoise dans ce Nouvel-Ontario a certains egards peu accueillant. On y fait etat de la durete de la vie dans les chantiers, qu'ils soient ceux du bois ou des chemins de fer; de la mainmise des
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et de leur resistance a l'endroit des citoyens qui souhaitent fonder une municipalite; des enjeux entourant l'etablissement de services de sante et surtout scolaires; des frictions entre anglophones et francophones, dont le point culminant sera la promulgation du reglement XVII en 1912, reglement qui interdisait l'enseignement du francais dans les ecoles en Ontario.
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