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TIL that in the 1960s, Quebec’s Quiet Revolution saw the government take over schools, hospitals, and Hydro-Québec from the Catholic Church, creating jobs, improving services, reducing Church power, and sparking Quebec pride, nationalism, and a push for independence.

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