History 1970s

The popularity of pierre trudeau

Canadians who want canada to stay together as a nation

Canadians who want Quebec to leave canada and from it's own country

having 2 national langauges

• Front de liberation du quebec
• -Seperatist group in Quebec
• -Considered an urban terrorist group
• -Used fire bombs and dynamite to target English people

• Political group in Quebc
• -Formed in 1968
• -Leader Rene levesque

Was a law that made french the only official language of Quebec

• Levesque holds a referendum
• - Levesque wants sovereignty (political independence with economic ties with Canada)
• Trudeau goes against Levesque
• Result No-40%, Yes 60%

• The economy was in trouble; high inflation, unemployment, and poverty.
• -businesses raise prices
• -employees demand higher wages
• -major inequality across the country
• -families become smaller

Trudeau wanted a made in Canada constitution

He needed to establish an amending formula with the provinces describing how the constitution could be changed in the future.

He wanted it to contain the charter of rights & freedoms.

The provincial leader were afraid that it might leave them with less power than more

The Kitchen compromise was when 9 out of 10 provinces agreed to have the charter of rights and freedoms in the constitution. It was created in a kitchen without the consent of levesque

7 out of the 10 provinces and 50% of the population have to agree

Provinces could opt out of some of the guarantees included in the charter by invoking the notwithstanding clause

Premier Levesque led an angry demonstration through the streets

then money given by the federal government to the provinces to finance health care, education, development and job creation in the Atlantic Region

The oil mat Canada is getting from isreal is no longer being sent to them because they are focused on the war and not oil

National Energy Program

• Reduce consuption of oil
• Make canada self sufficient in oil
• Protect Canada from the rising oil prices

• Hong Kong, South Korea
• Increased exports to North America
• Cheaper products
• Stronger economy

Trudeau decides that Canada should lessen it's involvement in the cold war

Tensions between the US and the USSR eased at the started of the 1970s

• In the end of the 1970s the Cold War heats up again
• -Russia invades Afghanistan
• -US creates plans for space defence shield
• New technology- cruise missiles

• Brain Mulroney elected in 1984
• - Mulroney was determined to solve the constitution situation and include Quebec
• -Mulroney attemps twice, Meech Lake, and Charlottetown
• -Mulroney created closer ties with the US
• -The economy improves
• Economic changes-NEP Cancelled, & GST and Free Trade created

Removing the Tariff between the USA and Canada.

Representing the Natives (politition) he feels the Natives rights and needs aren't being met

He uses loop holes

• Jacques Parizeau ( Parti Quebecois) decides hold a referendum
• The Referendum question if Quebec want to become sovereign
• 50.6% NO- 49.4% Yes

North American Free Trade Agreement

Allows Canada, USA, Mexico to trade without any Tariffs

Economic difficulties such as the recession increased need for government spending

• Chretien inherits a huge deficit from Mulroney
• The Liberals make a huge cuts to government spending; health care, education and cut drastically