volution occurred because of the sudden influx of people from rural to urban areas, and a increase of population during the 1940's and 1950's. This was a time when Quebec started seeking special status' and wanted international recognition. Quebec began to threaten Canada with separation because they thought Canada was not responding fast enough to the demands. Canada's response was by making the Canadian public sector bilingual , allowing Quebec to opt out of 1964 Canada pension plan as a means of economic development., and permitting Quebec to make international relations with France.During this Quiet Revolution the government, headed by Jean Lesage, took over many functions of the church ( i.e education, health, labor laws, and social welfare). The Lesage government reformed many legislatures, put pressure on Ottawa to put more federal grants into the province without any conditions attached, give the provinces a grater amount of the shared taxes, and give the province more power . This Quiet Revolution in Quebec encouraged Canada to put even greater attention on constitutional change which led to the 1970 Victoria Charter, the Constitution Act of 1982, the 1987 Meech lake Accord, and the 1992 Charlottetown Accord and two referendums on Quebec sovereignty.With the start of a separatist movement in Quebec, Canadians knew that Quebec separation was a real threat and consequently tried to accommodate Quebec with the Victorian Charter. The charter was a "constitutional renewal, including pariation, language charter, an amending formula and an opting out provision.". Quebec's premier at the time first agreed to the Victorian Charter but later refused it because of the nationalist public opinion in Quebec. Quebers argued there was no special status given to Quebec, not enough new powers given to them and finally because there was no guaranteed veto offered to Quebec through the Victoria Charter. The next historical step of Quebec's qu...
