The Quiet Revolution was the 1960s period of intense change in Quebec, Canada, characterized by the rapid and effective secularization of society, the creation of a welfare state and a re-alignment of politics into federalist and separatist factions. The provincial government took over the fields of health care and education, which had been in the hands of the Roman Catholic Church. It created ministries of Education and Health, expanded the public service, and made massive investments in the public education system and provincial infrastructure. The government allowed unionization of the... civil service. It took measures to increase Québécois control over the province's economy and nationalized electricity production and distribution. The Quiet Revolution was a period of unbridled economic and social development in Quebec, as in the West in general. It can also be credited for the surge in Quebec nationalism, which remains a controversial topic in modern Quebec society.
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