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Title: Jean Lesage


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Jean Lesage
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Answer Led the Quiet Revolution in Quebec and
campaigned on the slogan Maitres chez nous
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Pierre Laporte
4
Answer He was kidnapped and murdered during the
October crisis
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Maurice Duplessis
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Answer Led the Union Nationale government. His
period was known as an era of Great Darkness
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Robert Bourassa
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Answer Quebec premier asked for the Canadian
Forces to come to Oka and also responsible for
Bill 22- made French the official language of
Quebec
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Elijah Harper
10
Answer Manitoba delegate who helped defeat the
Meech Lake Accord
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Brian Mulroney
12
Answer Prime Minister during the Meech Lake and
Charlottetown Accord, also introduced GST and
cancelled NEP
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Lester Pearson
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Answer Prime Minister responsible for Canadas
new flag and Bi-Bi Commission
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Lucien Bouchard
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Answer Founded the Bloc Quebecois federal
separatist party
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Pierre Trudeau
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Answer passed the Official languages Act, which
provides service in French and English and also
responsible for the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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Jean Chretien
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AnswerJustice Minister who helped negotiate the
Kitchen Compromise and Minister of Indian Affairs
who came up with the White Paper
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The Kitchen Compromise
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Answer the notwithstanding clause was a
critical part
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The Meech Lake Accord
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Answer focused on the concept of a distinct
society
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The 1995 Referendum
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AnswerFull- Sovereignty was at the center of the
question
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White Paper of 1969
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Answer proposed breaking up the Aboriginal
reservations
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The Royal Proclamation of 1763
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Answer Recognized Aboriginal peoples lived as
nations on their own lands. Served as a basis to
many of the land claims within provinces like BC
where treated were never signed.
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The 1980 Referendum
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Answer was based on the concept of
sovereignty-association
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The Red Paper
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Answer Highlighted the demand for Aboriginal
self-government
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Charlottetown Accord
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Answer Proposed Senate reform, making it an
elected body with equal representation from all
parts of the country and support Aboriginal
self-government
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Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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Answer Outside provinces felt the charter would
override the courts, and in Quebec Levesque felt
it could be used to override his language lawsor
any other legislation that might be passed to
protect Quebecs distinct society
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FLQ
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  • TERRORIST GROUP IN QUEBEC THAT WANTED TO SEPARATE
    FROM CANADA
  • KIDNAPPED JAMES CROSS AND PIERRE LAPORTE

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OCTOBER CRISIS, 1970
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  • On October 5th 1970, British Trade Commissioner
    James Cross was kidnapped at gunpoint by the FLQ
    in Montreal.
  • The FLQ demanded a ransom of 500,000 transport
    to Cuba that they be allowed to read the FLQ
    Manifesto in public, as well as the release of
    FLQ prisoners.
  • On October 10th, Vice-Premier Pierre Laporte was
    kidnapped.
  • Pierre Laporte wrote a letter to Premier Robert
    Bourassa.
  • War Measures is Enacted by Pierre Trudeau
  • On October 17th, Laportes dead body was
    discovered in the trunk of a car.
  • Prime Minister Trudeau agreed to broadcast the
    FLQ Manifesto and to transport five FLQ
    terrorists to Cuba in exchange for Cross
    release.
  • Cross was released, and the FLQ terrorists were
    allowed passage to Cuba.

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Biculturalism and Bilingualism Commission, 1963
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  • Proposed Canada should be bilingual

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War Measures Act
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  • SUSPENDED CIVIL RIGHTS IN TIMES OF NATIONAL
    EMERGENCY
  • GAVE THE GOVERNMENT
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