This essay will address the aforementioned issues relating to the relationship between social movements and political party representation by defining the terms and presenting different perspectives regarding their roles in the political system. ... Although, the women's movement was the most closely aligned with the NDP, it was the governing Liberals between 1963 and 1984 that played a significant role in shaping the movement. ... However, with the fall of the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives in 1984, it became evident that social movements and their issues are not always at...

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The Meech Lake Accord was a set of constitutional reforms designed to induce Quebec to accept the Canada Act (Monahan 1991). This particular Act made Canada a fully sovereign state. The Accord's five basic points, proposed by Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa, included a guarantee of Quebec's special s...

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