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23 Comp. Pol. Stud. 3 (1990-1991)

handle is hein.journals/compls23 and id is 1 raw text is: This article examines two main questions using mass-level survey data from the late 1970s. First, to what extent was pan-Canadian nationalism limited by a bias favoring continentalism among Quebec nationalists? Second, was Quebec nationalism at the same time constrained by a centralist bias among pan-Canadian nationalists? The data analysis provides little confirmation of either assumption and suggests instead that Quebec nationalists were considerably more supportive of key priorities of pan-Canadian nationalism than would be expected given the existing literature. Pan-Canadian nationalists also were more approving than expected of some priorities of Quebec nationalism. SOLITUDES IN COLLISION? Pan-Canadian and Quebec Nationalist Attitudes in the Late 1970s SYLVIA BASHEVKIN University of Toronto F or many years, students of Canadian politics have been puzzled by the seeming weakness of pan-Canadian nationalism. Located to the north of a fervently patriotic society, the Canadian public appears politically diffident to scholarly observers-including, ironically, nationalist writers who regard American flag waving with some suspicion. In political terms, the strengths and weaknesses of pan-Canadian nation- alism are an important and fairly obvious consideration. The degree to which Canadians at the mass level identify with the kinds of economic and cultural initiatives that have been proposed by nationalists since the 1950s, particu- larly since the publication of the Gordon Report in 1958, constitutes a AUTHOR'S NOTE: Iwish to thank BruceArnold and Robert Boydfor their research assistance, and the Connaught Program in Law and Public Policy at the University of Toronto forfinancial assistance in the preparation of this article. Helpful comments on an earlier version, presented at the 1988 Canadian Political Science Association meetings, were offered by Rdjean Landry, Bob Young, and two anonymous readers. COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES, Vol. 23 No. 1, April 1990 3-24 © 1990 Sage Publications, Inc. 3 from the SAGE Social Science Collections. All Rights Reserved.

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