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Parliament passes a motion seeking a constitutional amendment that would create pensions for ALL Canadians over the age of 70
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The first 80 recruited enlisted women in the Royal Canadian Air Force arrive at St.Jean, Quebec for basic training
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First female doctor to become the head of the National Cancer Institute of Canada
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The Canadian gov't passed the Fair Employment Practices Act to help end discrimination in the labour force
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Canadian Labour Congress is established
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The trans-Canada highway opens for business
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The Social Insurance Card is introduced to Canadians
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The Maple Leaf Flag is inaugurated in Parliament Hill Ceremony
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A world fair built on the theme 'Man and his World' opened in Montreal for the first time
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The Federal gov't officially becomes bilingual
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The House of Commons approved, by a mere 8 votes, a bill abolishing the death penalty
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The Federal Gov't paid 45million dollars to 2500 Inuit of Western Arctic in return for the surrender of their aboriginal rights to 270,000 square kilometers of land they traditionally used
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On this morning Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg in the waters of St.John's harbour and set off on the greatest adventure of his life to raise $1 million for cancer research.
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Under his watch as Prime Minister of Canada the new Constitution Act did not change Canada's system of gov't but included 'Charter of Rights and Freedoms' that captured the basic civil rights of all Canadians
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Dominion Day holiday officially changed to Canada Day.
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Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and President Ronald Reagan sign the Canada - U.S. free trade agreement
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The Canadian Via passenger train makes its final cross country after the federal gov't orders the railway to cut service
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The most unpopular tax in Canadian history is introduced
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Kim Campbell is introduced as the first female Prime Minister, replacing Brian Mulroney
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The House of Commons approves changes to the Canadian Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination against gays
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Nunavut is officially created and becomes the third Arctic territory
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First female chief justice of the supreme court of Canada
