... Free Trade Agreement. This part of her campaign was recognized by Brian Mulroney who was the current Prime Minister. In 1989 Mulroney appointed Kim Campbell to the position of Minister of State for Indian and Northern Affairs. Later, in 1990 she was appointed Minister of Justice and a year ... becoming Minister of Defence and 7 years after entering politics, she ran for leader of the Progressive Conservative party and became Brian Mulroney's successor. Kim Campbell inexperience in the world of politics gave her a huge disadvantage when things started to go wrong. Brain Mulroney and the ...

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... in the Persons Case, Agnes Macphail and the struggles she had as Canada's first female to be elected into Parliament and the career of Kim Campbell, Canada's first female Prime Minister of Canada. Their actions have helped women in Canada take steps towards becoming equals. The Persons Case was ... dissatisfied with the little that she had accomplished, the Conservatives suffered an extraordinary loss and was left with only two seats. At the time Campbell had lost her own Vancouver seat and she retired from politics all together. She returned to her studies and later accepted a fellowshi...

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... those who ask why the word ["persons"] should include females the obvious answer is why should it not? - (Counter Points exploring Canadian issues pg.60) Agnes Campbell Macphail (1890-1954) was the first woman elected into the House of Commons until 1935 and one of the first two women to be elected into the Legislative ... Assembly. In 1921, Agnes Campbell Macphail ran for office along with 5 other women but she was the only one who won a seat. Regardless of the sexual discrimination she had to face ... Parliament and the House of Commons, she still strived on into the world of politics...

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... Accord. Several months before the 1993 federal election was called, Mulroney stepped down as party leader, which paved the way for the election of Kim Campbell, then Justice Minister, to the post of Prime Minister. Campbell was the first female Prime Minister of Canada, even though she was not elected by the general voting public. Her early days of campaigning were regarded ... as successful for herself and the party, but in the latter part of the election campaign, debates over whether or not Campbell was a competent leader were raised. Her trip-up in the late stages of the election ca...

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• Grade Level: High School

... negotiations began in 1986, the agreement was signed January 1, 1988 and came into effect one year later, on January 1 1989. (Campbell et al., 1999) Negotiations continued and NAFTA was signed on December 17,1992, but only took effect on January 1, 1994. (Campbell et al, 1999) The key goal of NAFTA was to remove tariffs on all goods and services between Canada the ... ...

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... a third of both US merchandise exports and imports from Canada. Canada sold $45 billion worth of autos and trucks, and $15 billion in parts and engines to the United States (Campbell, 194). Not only does Canada export automotives to the United States, but also wood. Canadian forest exports $22 billion in the 1990s to the United States. Also Canada exported energy ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School