POL224Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Charlottetown Accord, Constitution Act, 1982, Canada Elections Act
Document Summary
Sections 16-22 are language rights (manitoba has been sassy about this) Section 23 is for minority-language education rights (trudeau wanted this a lot) Sections 25 & 35 are about aboriginal rights. Quiet revolution - a new, 1960s brand of nationalism in quebec where their identity and morals changed, became more confident. Led to the expansion of qu"s provincial role. I. e. in the 1980s, parti quebecois tried to negotiate sovereignty-association, by which. Qu would become a sovereign entity that would still have business ties with canada. Meech lake accord: named qu a distinct society & included a contentious provincial opt-out clause (provinces could opt out of national programs that involved provincial jurisdiction and be compensated by ottawa) Charlottetown accord: triple-e senate (effective, elected, equal), aboriginal self govn. As for the charlottetown one, it"s said that few canadians actually understood the rationale for the specific contents of the accord.
