POLI 2F12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Plurality Voting System, Clarity Act, Charlottetown Accord
13 Sep 2017
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Gives more seats in house of commons to quebec and ontario (quebec gets. Reasonable access to housing, food and post secondary. 3 provinces said they were going to have a provincial referendum. Federal government decided (more or less had their hands tied) to have a national referendum. Too much power to quebec (concern of english speaking population) Native women felt this accord would give native men too much power. The national unity crisis and a new approach to quebec nationalism. Quebec holds another referendum on sovereignty in 1995. Liberal pm asked quebeckers to vote no to independence, promising change. After narrow defeat of referendum (50. 6% no and 49. 4% yes), federal government pursues non-constitutional measures to defuse quebec nationalism. House of commons set out statement that recognizes quebec is different (1996) How to go about changing the constitution. Needed approval of ontario, quebec, british columbia, 2 of the 4.
