'This is the time') was a Franco-Ontarian civil disobedience movement in the mid-to-late-1970s over the lack of Ontario government services in French.
[1][2] Over two dozen people were arrested, as activists monopolised police time on trivial traffic infractions, refused to pay fines, and sabotaged computer systems.
[5] In 1967, Ontario Premier John Robarts pledged to offer services in French following the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, however, by the early 70s, and despite Robarts' successor Bill Davis, almost no progress had been made on the issue.
[6] At the same time, the separatist movement was gaining momentum in Québec, and regional French-Canadian identities began to assert their individuality.
The movement made six key demands:[7] Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française This Ontario-related article is a stub.