MEECH LAKE ACCORD

set of constitutional reforms designed to induce Quebec to accept the Canada Act. The Accord's five basic points, proposed by Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa, include a guarantee of Quebec's special status as a "distinct society" and a commitment to Canada's linguistic duality. Other provisions increase provincial powers in immigration, provide for provincial input in appointing supreme court judges, restrict federal spending power, and restore the provincial right to constitutional veto. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and all the provincial premiers agreed to the Accord on Apr. 30, 1987, though strong doubts were expressed by the premiers of Ontario and Manitoba, and by several women's and Native American rights groups. The Accord died on June 22, 1990, when Newfoundland and Manitoba failed to approve it, leading many Quebeckers to reconsider independence (see Bouchard, Lucien).

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books on: Meech Lake Accord  - 142 results

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The Presidentialization of Politics: A Comparative Study of Modern Democracies
Book by Thomas Poguntke, Paul Webb; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Executive Power--Cross-Cultural Studies, Political Leadership--Cross-Cultural Studies, Presidents--Cross-Cultural Studies
...secure agreement on a new constitutional package, the Meech Lake Accord, but changes in provincial governments undermined the unanimity which it required. The failure of the Meech Accord provoked the formation of the Bloc Quebecois, (a...
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The Collapse of Canada?
Book by R. Kent Weaver, Keith G. Banting, Stéphane Dion, Andrew Stark; The Brookings Institution, 1992
Subjects: Canada--Politics And Government--1945-, Constitutional History--Canada, Federal Government--Canada
...the basis for the accord reached by the federal...provincial premiers at Meech Lake at the end of April...sought to have the "Meech Lake round" focus...Equality via the Meech Lake Accord", in Behiels...121 Because the Meech Lake Accord also...
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The Canadian and American Constitutions in Comparative Perspective
Book by Marian C. McKenna; University of Calgary Press, 1993
Subjects: Constitutional History--Canada, Constitutional History--United States, Constitutional Law--Canada, Constitutional Law--United States
...being made, the Meech Lake Accord was not seen as...Canada defeated the Meech Lake Accord just...through the Meech Lake round. That point...hearings on the Accord between the agreement in principle at Meech Lake on 30 April...
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The Language of Canadian Politics: A Guide to Important Terms and Concepts
Book by John Mcmenemy; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001
Subjects: Canada--Politics And Government--Dictionaries
Charlottetown Accord (1992). An agreement...defeat in 1990 of the Meech Lake Accord of 1987 and...cent. Earlier, the Meech Lake Accord had issued...some elements of the Accord that did not require...Canada; Indian Act; Meech Lake Accord (1987...
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Ethnoregional Conflict in Democracies: Mostly Ballots, Rarely Bullets
Book by Saul Newman; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Ethnic Groups--Political Activity--Case Studies, Ethnic Relations--Political Aspects--Case Studies, Ethnicity--Political Aspects--Case Studies, Nationalism--Case Studies
...for the Meech Lake Accord, which...Constitution. The Meech Lake Accord gave Quebec recognition...who favored the Meech Lake Accords. Nonetheless...26, 1992 the accord was submitted...defeat of the Meech Lake Accords incensed the...
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journal articles on: Meech Lake Accord  - 77 results

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Canada-Quebec Immigration Agreements (1971-1991) and Their Impact on Federalism
Journal article by Chris Kostov; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 38, 2008
Subjects: Federalism--Influence, Internal migration--Case studies, Migration, Internal--Case studies, Quebec--Case studies
...Agreement, known as the Canada-Quebec Accord of 1991, which is still in effect today...next goal, and during the Meech Lake Accord negotiations, it proposed again that...despite the failure of the Meech Lake Accord, Canada signed with the province of Quebec...
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In Search of Manitoba's Constitutional Position, 1950-1990
Journal article by Nelson Wiseman; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29, 1994
Subjects: Canada, Constitutions, Government, History, Manitoba Canada, Politics, Politics & government
...although Manitobas position on the Meech Lake Accord was at the heart of a national...constitutional wrangling. In killing the Meech Lake Accord, Manitoba exploded the elite...Friesen, "Manitoba and the Meech Lake Accord," in Roger Gibbins, ed...
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Beyond the Crystal Ball: Modelling Predictions about Quebec and Canada
Journal article by Patrick James, Michael Lusztig; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 26, 1997
Subjects: Canada, Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico, Quebec--Political aspects
...Consistent with the Meech Lake Accord 40 Status Quo 50...The Charlottetown Accord, the Referendum...Patrick J. 1991. Meech Lake: The Inside Story...comprehensive account of Meech Lake; and recent volumes...the Charlottetown Accord. The failure of...
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With an Ear to the Ground: the Ccf/ndp and Aboriginal Policy in Canada, 1926-1993
Journal article by Frank James Tester, Paule McNicoll, Jessie Forsyth; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 34, 1999
Subjects: 20th century, Canada, Canadian history, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Cooperative Commonwealth Federation-Canada, History, Indigenous people, Laws & regulations, Native peoples, New Democratic Party, New Democratic Party-Canada, Policy making, Political parties, Politics & government
...NDP caucus supported the accord. Harper left the party...rhetoric in promoting the accord; its relations with Aboriginal...Aboriginal peoples from Meech Lake, however, the Mulroney...group."49 Unlike the Meech Lake Accord, the Charlottetown...
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Liberalism versus Communitarianism and Canada's Constitutional Conundrum
Journal article by Hamish Telford; Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 33, 1998
Subjects: Canada, Communitarianism, Constitutions, Federalism, Liberalism, Politics & government, Provinces, Quebec Canada, Separatism, Sovereignty
...all by the rights it accords to all its members...in reference to the Meech Lake Accord, The new section 2 the...possibility that the Meech Lake Accord provisions...since the demise of the Meech Lake Accord has been a particularly...
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magazine articles on: Meech Lake Accord  - 27 results

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Entre Fédéralistes
Magazine article by Claude Ryan, André Burelle; Inroads, Summer 2007
Subjects: Equalization payments, Intergovernmental relations, Labor contracts, Provinces, Social policy, Social services, Unemployment insurance
...goals. The principle of opting out was stated in the Meech Lake Accord, the Charlottetown Accord and the ephemeral "provincial...could give rise, as you stress with respect to the Meech Lake Accord, to multiple contradictory interpretations...
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Constructing an Alternative to Canada's Natural Governing Party (A.k.a the Liberal Party of Canada)
Magazine article by Norman Spector, Guy Laforest, Scott Reid; Inroads, 2001
Subjects: Alliance Party-Canada, Alliances, Canada, Conservative Party-Canada, Federalism, Liberal Party-Canada, Political parties, Politics
...a decade after the demise of the Meech Lake Accord, an event we both lament. Some...previous point and the demise of the Meech Lake Accord. The absence of a credible...I now think the provision of the Meech Lake Accord which would have exercised...
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Plus Ça Change: Cycles of History and the 2004 Federal Election
Magazine article by Harvey Schachter; Inroads, Winter 2005
Subjects: Canadian history, Elections, Federal government, Political behavior, Political parties, Political systems, Quebec Canada
...sovereigntists called the "beau risque" of the Meech Lake Accord in the late 1980s. That accord and the coalition blew apart so spectacularly...and the failure to repair that error (through Meech and Charlottetown). Since the early f980s...
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The Present State of Canada
Magazine article by J.A.S. Evans; Contemporary Review, Vol. 269, September 1996
Subjects: Canada--Politics and government, Quebec--Politics and government, Race discrimination--Political aspects, Separatists--Political activity, Xenophobia--Political aspects
...accept with the so-called Meech Lake Accord of 1987, which was put together...federal and provincial governments at Meech Lake east of Ottawa. The polls indicated...provinces assent unanimous, and Meech Lake died within a hairs breadth...
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Indian Summer, Canadian Winter
Magazine article by Tony Hall; Report on the Americas, Vol. 25, 1991
Subjects: Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...constitutional deal known as the Meech Lake Accord. The accord was meant to secure the Quebec...definition of Canada drafted by the accords authors. As in virtually all...surrounding the death of the Meech Lake Accord enormously raised...
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encyclopedia articles on: Meech Lake Accord  - 8 results

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Meech Lake Accord
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MEECH LAKE ACCORD set of constitutional reforms...accept the Canada Act . The Accords five basic points, proposed...provincial premiers agreed to the Accord on Apr. 30, 1987, though...American rights groups. The Accord died on June 22, 1990...
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Canada
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...boundary W of the Great Lakes was disputed with the...accomplishment was the Meech Lake Accord , a set of constitutional...speaking population. The accord died on June 22, 1990...changes (the Charlottetown Accord) intended to provide...
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Quebec , Province, Canada
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...flowing rivers, and numerous lakes and bogs. Dense forests cover...borders, has many fashionable lake and country resorts. Quebec...Quebec separatism, when the Meech Lake Accord was signed, but the accord collapsed in 1990. A package...
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Canadian Alliance
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Quebec within the Canadian confederation (see also Meech Lake Accord ). Led by Preston Manning , the party campaigned strongly against the Charlottetown Accord (see Canada ) in 1992, and in the 1993 elections it...
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Mulroney, Brian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...States, and Mexico signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Mulroney tried, through the failed Meech Lake Accord , to settle the problem of the constitutional status of Quebec. In 1992 he engineered a subsequent constitutional...
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