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  • 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

By: Vicky and Megan

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