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Meech Lake, Oka. Is fairness, sameness?. 1984 - after beginning his career in 1968, Trudeau Retires Brian Mulroney becomes Prime Minister. Trudeau Retires. Quebec still had not signed the Constitution because it didn’t recognize Quebec’s uniqueness. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Meech Lake, OkaIs fairness, sameness?
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Trudeau Retires
• 1984 - after beginning his career in 1968, Trudeau Retires• Brian Mulroney
becomes Prime Minister
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The Constitution
• Quebec still had not signed the Constitution because it didn’t recognize Quebec’s uniqueness.• Mulroney agreed to allow
Quebec special status in an agreement called The Meech Lake Accord.
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Opposition
• Trudeau argued that it was wrong to give any province more rights than the others.• Aboriginal leaders
were in disagreement because the accord did nothing to include native positions.
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Death Blow
• The Meech Lake accord was meant to bring the nation together but is was causing a divide between English, French and Native Canadians.
• Elijah Harper, a Cree member of the Manitoba legislature, refused to vote for it which meant that the Province couldn’t ratify the deal.
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THE OKA CRISIS
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Native Land Claims
• The UN declared Canada the best country in the world to live during the 90s.• Aboriginals still saw
many problems in their communities with alcohol, suicide and employment.
• Sometimes, when Political action was too slow, it was replaced with militant behavior.
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Oka, Quebec
• City developers wanted to extend a golf course onto sacred Mohawk burial land.
• When negotiations failed, barricades were formed to stop the developers.
• The Army was called in and the situation became very tense.
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CBC news-(language warning)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ldZTjlfgE
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The Result
• The crisis ended with the death of one police officer and 50 Mohawk warriors being taken into custody.
• Seven years later the federal government purchased the land and gave it to the Mohawks.