Coming Apart, 19721992 Timeline

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Chapter 11

• Coming Apart, 19721992 Timeline

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• 1972
• CanadaRussia hockey series.
• Trudeau Liberals win in close election.
• NDP defeats W.A.C. Bennett in British Columbia.
• 1973
• OPEC raises the price of oil.
• Robert Bourassas Liberals are elected in Quebec,
  but the Parti Québécois finishes strong.

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• 1974
• Trudeau Liberals win another close election.
• Trudeau imposes wage and price controls.
• 1976
• Canadian Airline Pilots Associate strike.
• Montreal Olympics are held.
• Parti Québécois wins power in Quebec.
• Joe Clark is chosen leader of the Tories.

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• 1977
• Quebec government passes Bill 101.
• 1978
• Task Force on National Unity tours Canada.
• 1979
• Antonine Maillet publishes Pé agie-la-Charette.
• Joe Clarks Tories win minority government but
  the government falls in December.

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• 1980
• Trudeaus Liberals are swept back to power.
• Quebec referendum results in 60 per cent Non and
  40 per cent Oui on the question of
  sovereignty-association.
• Trudeau proposes constitutional reform.

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• 1981
• Supreme Court rules on federal constitutional
  initiative.
• The PQ is re-elected in Quebec.
• The Gang of Nine cuts a deal on the
  Constitution.
• Revised constitutional package passes Parliament.
• 1982
• A revised Constitution is approved by the British
  Parliament.

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• 1983
• Brian Mulroney replaces Joe Clark as Tory leader.
• 1984
• Trudeau retires and is succeeded by John Turner.
• Brian Mulroney leads Progressive Conservatives to
  a federal sweep.
• The Cirque du Soleil is formed.

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• 1985
• PQ defeated by Robert Bourassas Liberals.
• Air India bombing disaster on 22 June 1985.
• 1986
• Mulroney government negotiates Free Trade
  Agreement with the US.
• 1987
• Meech Lake agreement is reached between the
  federal and provincial governments.

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• 1988
• Mulroneys Tories win again.
• Mulroney signs redress agreement with National
  Association of Japanese Canadians.
• Ben Johnson wins a gold medal at Seoul Olympics,
  which is later revoked because of a positive
  steroid test.
• 1989
• Fourteen female engineering students are gunned
  down in Montreal.

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• 1990
• Meech Lake Accord fails to be ratified by all
  provinces within the required three years.
• Lucien Bouchard forms the Bloc Québécois.
• Mohawks confront Quebec government at Oka.
• Audrey McLaughlin is chosen as the first female
  party leader in Canada.
• Jean Chrétien becomes Liberal leader.

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• 1991
• Goods and services tax officially introduced.
• 1992
• Charlottetown Accord is reached.
• Toronto Blue Jays win World Series.
• National referendum rejects the Charlottetown
  Accord.