Over the years, English-French relations always had problems. The English-French never had a good relationship. This is because of the arguments, which distanced the two. From 1917 at the time of the First World War, the conscription crisis divided the country by the opinions of French Canadians against the opinions of English Canadians. These were the first problems they had with each other. Then, later in October 1970 the FLQ strived for a free Quebec, and fought against the English Canadians and created even more tension. Separatism and remote referendum in Quebec of Canada. When Pierre Elliot Trudeau became prime minister in 1968, he made great efforts to resolve the FLQ's problems and rejoin the country together. But still, the English-French do not have a strong relationship because of these problems, even with all of Trudeau's efforts. The subject of "conscription" was a very important decision during the First World War. The definition of conscription is a law that obliges every man who can fight in war to fight. After the Battle of the Somme, Canada lost many men and needed many more soldiers. The number of volunteers became smaller and smaller. So conscription would be an efficient and easy way to get more men. All the people of Quebec were against conscription, and fighting in the war because they believed they had no loyalty to Great Britain or France. Essentially, they don't support our contribution to the war in general. Even if 35,000 French Canadians contributed to the war they never had the same ideologies on the effort...... middle of paper ......ion, the English-French do not have a good relationship, and certainly not a good story. The conscription crisis caused the first major problems, because opinions were completely different. Their different opinions caused many arguments between the English and the French. This was the beginning of tensions that would continue for years. Then, in 1970, the country was faced with separatism. The October crisis consisted of the FLQ who were a group that fought for the independence of Quebec, through violence. Quebec no longer felt like part of Canada. This is when Pierre Trudeau started to be very involved in the problems. He liked the English and the French and he wanted them to have a good relationship. He dealt with the October Crisis well and influenced the final decision of the Referendum. By: Selena Moreau