- Elijah Harper, an aboriginal MLA
- Refuse to sign the agreement
- Clyde Wells, the Premier of Newfoundland also refuse to sign the agreement
- Mulroney and the ten premier met in Ottawa on June 1990
- It was not passed, and to give Quebec a place in the Canadian Constitution
- Mulroney called all ten provinces premier to come together at a private resort in Ottawa
- They all agreed and signed the agreement
- All provincial legislatures had to approve the accord within three years
- Aboriginal peoples argue that they are not included in the agreement
Charlottetown Accord
- Set of constitutional amendments, it was made in the early 1900s
- To bring Quebec to accept the Canadian Constitution
- Quebec was recognized as “distant society”
- A limitation of the federal spending power
- More provincial power over immigration
- Three out of nine supreme court judges must be from Quebec
Brain Mulroney
- Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party
- Goals is to end the relationship between Quebec and the rest of Canada over the constitution
- All of the provinces, territories, and Native groups met in Charlottetown
- Signed on August 28, 1992
- Aboriginal was included this time
What is a Meech Lake Accord?
- A national referendum
- Allow the public to express their own opinions
- It was held on October 26, 1992
- Defeated by a vote of 45% to 55%
- Set of failed constitutional amendments
- Designed to bring Quebec to accept the Constitution Act
Meech Lake Accord and Charlottetown Accord
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