... the victory of the "No" forces in the Quebec Referendum on Sovereignty-Association (1980) Appointed Jean Sauve first woman speaker of the House Of Commons (1980) Canadian Charter of Rights (1982) Patriation of Canadian Constitution (Constitution Act) (1982) Appointed Jean Sauve first woman Governor-General (1984) What he considered one of the most important pieces of legislation he would sign during his tenure ... was the Official Languages Act of 1969. Perhaps the most striking part of his address to Canadian Parliament was this: During the February (1968) meeting the Constitutional .....

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... 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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... notable Prime Ministers over the course of her lifetime. Pierre Elliot Trudeau brought the constitution home to Canada. Lester B. Pearson won the Nobel Peace prize. William Lyon MacKenzie King was the longest serving Prime Minister in Canadian history and our leader through the Second World War. Sir Wilfred Laurier, a ... was knighted for his eminent role in the crafting of confederation, thus starting the tradition that the head of the British Monarchy would knight Canadian Prime Ministers. Nation building marked Macdonald's first term as Prime Minister, as he added Manitoba, Prince Edw...

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... controversial and longest serving prime ministers in Canadian history was born in Montreal, Quebec on October 18,1919. Although he was born in Montreal, young Trudeau was schooled throughout the world earning a number of degrees in the United States, France and England. Trudeau will always be remembered as the prime minister who founded the Constitution in Canada and was man enough to ... and after eighteen months of negotiations with the provinces and numerous rulings in the Canadian court system, consent was passed in 1982. The premier of Quebec, Rene Levesque would not sign it. In a ...

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