Meech Lake Accord

the Constitution with the Meech Lake Accord. After a long process of meetings and negotiation, the Accord died in 1990 after it did not pass the Manitoba legislature. Near the end of the Accord’s life, Robert Malcolm Campbell wrote about the process and why it was unlikely to pass. In his editorial he explained the opposition to the Accord across Canada, how the citizens were not part of the process and were ignored by the federal government. As he predicted, the Accord did not pass. Reflecting…

“Fear”, “afraid” and “something new” are words that countless people think of when they hear the word “change”. Numerous people are afraid of change and fear the unknown and when given the opportunity for change they dismiss it. Change, however is one of the most important factors in the development of a country. Furthermore, attempts at change whether they fail or not, are important because they provide as a learning experiences for the country and can help them develop further. The 1980s was a…

1982- The Present Canada Identity Task Black Berry Social In February 1985, Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin co-found research in Motion (RIM) as an electronics and computer science business based in Waterloo, Ontario, a Canadian university where Lazaridis and Fregin studied Motion. In 1989, RIM develops a network gateway, introduced as RIMGate. RIMGate is predecessor to its Blackberry Enterprise server. In 1994, RIM launches a handheld point-of-sale reader. This allows anyone to verifies both…

20th century Canada has been heavily influenced by French-English relations and its negative impact on Canadian identity. The Conscription Crisis of WWI, the October Crisis, and the Meech Lake Accord, have been the most influential events in 20th century Canada. Canadian identity, when defined by its progression of French-English Relations, changed negatively during the 1920s to the 1930s under the Conscription Crisis of WWI. For instance, when Prime Minister Borden introduced conscription in…

Quebec has been viewed as an unique state compared to the rest of Canada for quite some time and by many individuals. Quebec 's separatist movement can be seen throughout Canadian history, from Justin Trudeau; the leader of the liberal party, saying ' 'Quebecers are better than the rest of Canada, because, you know, we’re Quebecers or whatever. ' ' during an interview, to the Quiet Revolution, Quebec views its self as its own country. It originally started with the Royal Proclamation of 1763,…

The British Empire was once the largest empire the world had ever seen. It was thanks in part to the adoption of a strong, organized form of government. The Westminster system is one of the most prominent systems of government globally thanks to the now defunct empire’s far-reaching influences. The system of a bicameral parliament, which is what the Westminster system is, represents every citizen’s voice, but that is not necessarily the case. Many of the countries that impose this system of…

Philpot argues in Oka: Dernier Alibi du Canada Anglais (Oka: English Canada's Last Alibi) that English-language coverage of the standoffs at Oka and Kahnawake was tainted by anti-Quebec,” potentially caused by the end of the Meech Lake constitutional accord (Wells, 1991). This accord was intended to persuade the government of Quebec to follow the 1982 constitutional amendments (Wells, 1991). The English were not entirely supportive of the French during the Oka Crisis evident with their media…

The film Pocahontas is an animated, musical, drama film produced by Walt Disney in the year 1995. The film is about the discovery of the new world. It includes some historical context considering John Smith, Pocahontas and family were once living people. The film is a story of a young woman, Pocahontas, who falls in love with an English settler, John Smith. Their new-found love is forbidden by Pocahontas’ father; Chief Powhatan, and he wants his daughter to marry an Indigenous warrior who could…

Referendum, 1995 By: Mohamed Abdul On October 30th 1995, millions of Canadians tuned in to watch the final results of the second Quebec referendum. It would be the night that Canada stood silent. After the failure of the Meech Lake and the Charlottetown Accord, parti Quebecios government of Jacques Parizeau would launch the second referendum. As the final minutes started approaching, the winning side seemed to be clear, however, the difference between the votes for yes compared to…

In 1984 Brian Mulroney led the Progressive Conservative party to a resounding electoral victory, gaining more than fifty percent of the vote, a rare feat in Canadian federal politics (Blake, 2007: 3). He promised to take the country, which was then suffering from an economic recession, in a new direction, as politicians often do. By the time he left office in 1993 he was one of the most unpopular Prime Ministers in Canadian history. But the politics of the time do not speak to the breadth and…