... the House of Commons, the Senate, which was dominated by Liberals, rejected the new tax. Mulroney then used an obscure part of the Canadian Constitution to appoint new Senators who agreed to support the new tax. The GST eventually became law in 1991. After the tax came into ... taking over the oil wells in Kuwait. Mulroney's last important initiative once again involved the Canadian constitution. The Charlottetown Accord, which was approved by the Canadian provinces, tried to bring Quebec into the constitution by recognizing the province as a distinct society and also provided the provi...

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