Language and Religion

"With this first book Robert Choquette has made a major contribution to Canadian historiography. For in these pages is revealed for the first time from ecclesiastical sources the full story of the Ontario school question, which deeply troubled the province for fifteen years, stimulated Quebec's opposition to conscription, and left some lasting wounds in centers as far apart as Ottawa and Windsor. The literature of the subject is considerable, but no one before has utilized the wide range of ecclesiastical archives that M. Choquette has explored. Dealing with a highly controversial and emotionally charged question, he has maintained a judicious objectivity, and dealt faithfully with the curious characters who figure largely in this history." - Mason Wade