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Indian Act
assimilative policies that the Canadian government directed at aboriginal peoples from the 1880s onward. -
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Modern Canada
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Pierre Trudeau
politician, writer, constitutional lawyer, prime minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84. -
Rene Levesque
served as premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. In addition, he founded the Parti Quebecois, a political party that aims to make Quebec an independent French-speaking nation -
Quebec Referenda
two referenda (1980 and 1995) which asked Quebeckers if they wanted to renogiate their part in Confederation -
Meech Lake Accord
Attempt by the Federal government to ensure that Québec's failure would accept the patriation package in 1981. -
Constitution Act
this document replaced the British North America Act as the basic governing document of Canada in 1982. -
Brian Mulroney
served as prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. -
Jean Chretien
served as prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. -
NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
a pact that unites Canada, Mexico, and the United States in one of the world's largest free-trade zones. It builds on a free-trade agreement between the United States and Canada that became effective in 1989.