Brian mulroney
Brian Mulroney was Prime Minister from September 17, 1984 to June 25, 1993. He was part of the progressive conservative party. He was born in Quebec and practiced law before becoming Prime Minister. He took the bar exam twice before finally passing on his third attempt. Besides negotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), he was careless with government spending and racked up a lot of unneeded debts while accomplishing little else. By 1993 he was extremely unpopular due to his lack of intelligent political decisions and was replaced by Kim Campbell as the head of the conservative party before the conservatives were replaced by the liberals.
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Jean chretien
Jean Chretien was born on January 11, 1934. He is a law graduate of the Université Laval. Jean Chretien was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1963, and in 1990 became the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He became Prime Minister on November 4, 1993 and held office until 2003.
The Charlottetown Accord of 1992
- Created by government of Brian Mulroney and 10 supporting provinces of Canada
- Failed attempt to amend the constitution and the province of Quebec.
- Brian Mulroney elected former Conservative Prime Minister Joe Clark to help him arrive at a deal which would include the 10 provinces, native groups and the Federal Government.
- Federalism Government reached a conclusion of the Charlottetown Accord in August of 1992.
- Accord covers various ways the Federal and Provincial Government Powers would take charge of such things like cultural issues and resource jurisdiction. Also immigration, labor issues and telecommunication would be negotiated later.
- Aimed to eliminate barriers and restrictions to interprovincial trade and commerce and promote better health care, education and labor policies.
- Accord covered issues regarding Quebec as a distinct society and the process which would recognize aboriginal self-government and affairs.
- Approval was halted when former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was against the accord and said "the basic structure of the Canadian Federalism required a strong federal government," and that "the accord was gutting the powers of that strong government."
- Referendum Day, Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Nova Scotia, and Quebec all rejected the accord, resulting in an overall national decline of the accord
1995 referendum
In 1995, the city of Quebec has had it’s second referendum, where it’s citizens were asked to vote on whether or not Quebec should be an independent state or not, with the condition precedent of offering a political and economic agreement to Canada. This referendum ended up going to the “NO” side of the voting as the “NO” side achieved victory with a 50.58%. It beat the “Yes” side with 54,228 votes and a total of 2,362,648. This referendum has left the city of Quebec without a change after 93.52% of the 5,087,009 registered Quebecers voted in the referendum, a higher turnout than any provincial or federal election in Canada's history, and the proposal of June 12, 1995 was rejected by voters, with 50.58% voting "No" and 49.42% voting "Yes". The margin was significantly smaller than the 1980 referendum. The "Yes" side was the choice of French speakers by an estimated majority of about 60%.
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