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this was when the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms, and other things like including the rights of indigenous peoples.
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the accord was an agreement between the federal and provincial government in Canada, the goal was to accommodate for Quebec's constitutional demands for the 1982 constitution.
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the fall of the berlin wall was not supposed to happen for an extra couple weeks, but Günter Schabowski who was the east German spokesman mis understood the script and basically said people in east Germany where free to enter west Germany thus the wall fell. -
the Oka crisis was a 78 day standoff in 1990 between the Mohawk protesters and the provincial law enforcement of Quebec. this crisis sparked a national attention from the news and journalists alike. which even got as bad to involve the Canadian armed forces. -
more than 4000 Canadians served in the gulf war in the Persian gulf, the goal was to remove the invading force from Iraq. -
The GST or the goods and services tax was a new tax system that was first made under the government of prime minister Brian Mulroney, this was to replace the current system the manufacturers sales tax or MST.
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the fall of the soviet union was a complex series of events that eventually lead to the fall of the 'iron curtain'. some factors that lead to the fall of the soviet union where Economic stagnation, the planned economy was beginning to decrease and living quality was declining sharply. the rise of nationalism, the republics especially in western Europe and the Baltics, began demanding independence from the USSR. -
The Charlottetown accord was a failed attempted at proposing new amendments to the constitution of Canada, by the provincial and federal governments of Canada. -
the Rwandan genocide was also known as the genocide against Tutsi. Canada sent a peacekeeping mission to Rwanda to help stop the war. -
this trade agreement was signed to eliminate the tariffs on trade between the north American Countries, Canada, United states, and Mexico -
This was the second referendum to ask the people in Quebec if they should become a sovereign nation, the majority of the vote being in favor of no, with 50.8% of the valid votes. -
the creation of Nunavut took place on April 1 1999, Nunavut became Canada's largest territory/ province.
this made the surface area of Canada much larger, making it the seconded largest country in the world, next to Russia. Nunavut creation stemmed from decades of negotiation with the Inuit people. -
the treaty of Nisga'a was signed by the Nisga'a nation the British Colombian government, and the government off Canada. the Nisga'a nation got the rights to self-govern their traditional territory in result of the treaty. -
Canada went to Afghanistan as a part of the international coalition, to help the states remove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan.
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the terrorist attacks on the United States, there where hijacked aircraft that would end up colliding with the world trade center, this single event would triple the security on all airports in North America. -
the legalization of same sex marriage happened because the increase in freedom of equality protests.
same sex marriages in Canada are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual partners. -
this was the final concert for the popular Canadian rock band because of one of the band members getting diagnosed with terminal cancer. -
the residential schools where a terrible travesty and should not go forgotten, thousands of indigenous peoples life's got uprooted in these barbaric schools.
later in 2008 the Canadian government apologized to the indigenous people affected. -
the Vancouver Olympics was a winter Olympics in Vancouver BC Canada. 82 different nations across the world attended to this Olympics. -
since 2011 the number of Syrian refugees has skyrocketed. because, of the conflict in the country. this has impacted Canada because thousands of refugees have immigrated to Canada to find peace and prosperity.