Meech Lake Oka Is fairness sameness 1984 after

Meech Lake, Oka Is fairness, sameness?

• 1984 - after beginning his career in 1968, Trudeau Retires • Brian Mulroney becomes Prime Minister Trudeau Retires

• Quebec still had not signed the Constitution because it didn’t recognize Quebec’s uniqueness. • Mulroney agreed to allow Quebec special status in an agreement called The Meech Lake Accord. The Constitution

• Trudeau argued that it was wrong to give any province more rights than the others. • Aboriginal leaders were in disagreement because the accord did nothing to include native positions. Opposition

• The Meech Lake accord was meant to bring the nation together but is was causing a divide between English, French and Native Canadians. Death Blow • Elijah Harper, a Cree member of the Manitoba legislature, refused to vote for it which meant that the Province couldn’t ratify the deal.

THE OKA CRISIS

• The UN declared Canada the best country in the world to live during the 90 s. • Aboriginals still saw many problems in their communities with alcohol, suicide and employment. • Sometimes, when Political action was too slow, it was replaced with militant behavior. Native Land Claims

Oka, Quebec • City developers wanted to extend a golf course onto sacred Mohawk burial land. • When negotiations failed, barricades were formed to stop the developers. • The Army was called in and the situation became very tense.

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• The crisis ended with the death of one police officer and 50 Mohawk warriors being taken into custody. • Seven years later the federal government purchased the land gave it to the Mohawks. The Result