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By abdulbaydoun

  • The Goods and Services Tax comes into effect

  • Period: to

    1991

  • Canadian Forces begin their participation in the Persian Gulf War

  • Donald Cameron becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Roger Bacon

  • Gulf War: Iraq agrees to a cease-fire ending the conflict

  • Rita Johnston becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Bill Vander Zalm. She is the first woman to be the country's head of government of British Columbia.

  • Joe Clark is appointed Minister of Constitutional Affairs

  • MP John Nunziata alleges the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) know who bombed the Air-India flight 182 but did not have evidence needed for prosecution.

  • Paul Bernardo kidnaps, rapes, and murders Leslie Mahaffy

  • The process leading to the privatization of Petro-Canada is begun

  • Brad Beven (AUS) and Karen Smyers (USA) win the 1991 ITU Triathlon World Cup race (1.5 km swim, 40 km bike, 10 km run) in Toronto

  • Dobbie-Castonguay Commission recommends an elected Senate and recognizing Quebec as a distinct society.

  • The Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP win a majority, defeating Grant Devine's PCs

  • Michael Harcourt becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Rita Johnston

  • Nellie Cournoyea becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing Dennis Patterson, the first woman to do so.