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Modern Canada 1982 to present
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Referemdum
was the principle or process of submitting a bill already passed by the lawmaking body to a direct vote of the citizens for approval or rejection. -
Residential school
Refers to a variety of institutions considered part of the assimilative policies that the Canadian government directed at aboriginal peoples from the 1880s onward. -
Elijah Harper
He played a role in the Meech Lake Accord. -
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The only Charter of Rights entrenched in the Canadian Constitution. Every law that is inconsistent with the Constitution is of no force and effect. -
Constitution Act
This document replaced the British North America Act as the basic governing document of Canada -
Patriation
Was when the Fedral governnemt was going to control Canada constitution. -
Pierre Trudeau
He was a politician, writer, constitutional lawyer, prime minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84 -
Indian Act
assimilative policies that the Canadian government directed at aboriginal peoples from the 1880s onward -
Assembly of First Nations
Represents some 462 000 status Indians across Canada. -
Rene Levesque
He was the premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He also founded the parti Quebecois. -
The notwhithsatnding clause
It allows the parliement of Canada and the provincial legistures to declare if a statue has been in violation of the Charter. -
Meech Lake Accord
Was the attempt of the federal government to ensure that the Quebec failure will accept the patriation in 1981. -
Oka
Originally a native camp in Quebec. An Indian reserve Kanesatake is nearby -
Charlottetown Accord
Was again an attempt to renegotiate Confederation within or withour Quebec. -
Brian Mulroney
served as prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993 -
Aboriginal rights
Inherent, collective rights which flow from first nations original occupation of the land which is now Canada. -
NAFTA
this is the North American Free Trade Agreement -
Quebec Referenda
It was to ask Quebec if they wanted to renegotiate tehir parti in Confederation -
Jean Chretien
He was the 20 prime minister of who served Canada from 1993 to 2003.
