Word: meech
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Robert Bourassa, Quebec's premier, has a long record of opposition to separatism, but the abortive battle for the accord has diminished his faith in federalism. After the failure of Meech Lake, he served notice on Mulroney that , Quebec would no longer take part in constitutional conferences; instead, it will deal directly with the federal government in Ottawa. The leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois, Jacques Parizeau, hopes to form a breakaway alliance with Bourassa's Liberal Party, but the premier's chief negotiator with Ottawa, Gil Remillard, still refers to his job as "maintaining federalism...
...angry about the fate of the Meech Lake accord...
...silent majority of Quebeckers approved Meech Lake. For them it was a chance for constitutional peace, so we could tackle more directly problems of international economics, demography and the environment. No agreement can be 100% satisfactory, but it was a pragmatic approach...
...thing English Canada seems to hold against you is the 1988 law allowing only French wording on outdoor commercial signs. Right after it passed, Manitoba pulled back from the Meech Lake accord...
...Meech Lake accord is dead and Quebec's status uncertain. Now the country must rethink what form of government will take the 123-year-old confederation into the next century. -- An interview with Quebec's Premier Robert Bourassa. -- Can the outpouring of international relief assistance to earthquake victims bring the maverick Iran back into the orbit of nations...