1. Meech Lake Accord
... , who formed a government committed to sovereignty-association or independence (Hall accessed 12th September 2003). Voters hoped that constitutional change would strengthen national unity and remove the fear of a possible break up of Canada. Immediately following the vote, Prime Minister Pierra Trudeau announced that, either with or without provincial support, he intended to make the Canadian Parliament solely responsible for Canada ... was Quebec. In the end Quebec stood alone and when the constitution was patriated in 1982, Quebec lost its veto over constitutional change, a power claime...
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