POL312Y1 Lecture Notes - Canada Steamship Lines, Washington Consensus, Peace Dividend
Document Summary
This lecture marks the transfer from historical to contemporary canadian political history. Paul martin was in power for 2 years, and voted in, unlike other pm"s talked about in last lecture. Chretien"s tenure was longer than every pm in post-war years, except for trudeau. Significant (1993-2003) because he was the first to be known as 1st without equals. Collapse of the pc party (2 seats in 1993, down from 180 seats) = no effective opposi- tion; regional voting divides. Good news for liberal party, they won 177 seats, had no opposition in house of com- mons. 1993, saw rise of bloc quebecois at the national level. 1993-1997, no real opposition, which meant little constraint on government"s actions. 1993 was in the middle of the most recent bout of a national unity crisis. National unity crisis: failure of constitutional reform leads to creation of bloc quebecois and 1995 referendum.
