... stood alone and when the constitution was patriated in 1982, Quebec lost its veto over constitutional change, a power claimed to have passed since Confederation (MLA accessed 13th September 2003). When Brian Mulroney and his Conservatives won the federal election in 1984 (Ward 1967), they promised to work toward getting Quebec to sign the Constitution. Although Quebec was bound by the Constitution ... welfare of Canadians required its intervention. After its dismissal from Parliament, several Conservative members of Parliament, led by Lucien Bouchard, the Minister of Environment, left t...

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... industry and setting a price for Canadian oil below that on the world market. By 1983, the popularity of Trudeau's government had seriously decreased, and the Conservative Party, now led by Brian Mulroney, began to pull well ahead of the Liberals in the polls. In February 1984, Trudeau announced his intention to resign. He left office in June of that year, and ... ...

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... . 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 the premiers of Ontario and Manitoba and expressed strong doubts by several women's and Native ... ...

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