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 status as a distinct society and a commitment to Canada's linguistic duality (Harris 1991). This paper discusses firstly the political implications that occurred in Canada, which lead to the formation of the Meech Lake Accord; secondly what was the Accord; and finally an examination o...

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When Lord Stanley of Preston became Governor General of Canada in 1888, he and his seven sons moved to Ottawa. ... Many of the first team came from such prestigious clubs as the Toronto Granite club, Osgood hall and members of parliament. ...

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The Winnipeg General Strike has been one of the most intensively studied episodes in Canadian History. It was an important development in the building of the democratic socialist movement in Canada. In the larger sense this seemingly isolated event had been building for many years and a wide set...

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The common assumption of women, in the past, is that they are inferior to men, that their role in life is to cook, clean, take care of children, sew, and knit "housework. However, in Canada, as time passed, the roles of women have changed considerably; their role in society has grown from being trapped in the house to stronger and more powerful positions in society. It is evident that women in the twentieth century have struggled to jump over many hurdles to accomplish many endeavours, especially in political affairs. Throughout my essay I will be discussing the roles of three extraordi...

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In 1933, the CCF had its first major convention in Regina, Saskatchewan, and the original policy platform first proposed by the CCF was replaced by a manifesto prepared by an LSR committee and originally drafted by a Toronto scholar, Frank Underhill. ...

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