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The Free Trade Agreement forced thousands of low-skilled production jobs
.
caused tens ofthousands
Technology also
of
jobs to
disappear; however, new jobs were created in the
sector.
2. Roberta Bondar became Canada's first woman in
3. In Newfoundland, because of years of overfishing, a ban was put
economic turmoil.
4.In
on
fishing, causing
1991, consumer spending was undermined by the GST, standing for
.
5. Many Canadians saw their standard of
a new federal sales tax
of
%.
living
6. Three environmental issues of the early 1990s were:
1.
2.
a
J.
7
.
By 1991, Canada's population had risen to
mi1lion.
8. The 1987 Meech Lake Accord failed Elijah Harper, a Cree member of the
Provincial Legislature, blocked passage of the Accord.
9. In the summer of 1990, Mohawk warriors staged an armed protest at
prevent a gold course being built on a native burial ground.
10.
In 1992, another attempt to bring
, Quebec to
Quebec into the constitution; however, the
Accord was reiected in a national referendum.
political leaders of the early 1990s:
Liberal Party:
I 1. New
NDP:
, the
first female leader of
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Conservatives:
12. Brian
who became the first female Prime Minister
Mulroney's popularity of
0%
13. In the 1993 election, the Conservatives won
became the new prime minister.
remains the lowest for any prime minister to date.
only
seats and
14. The separatist
l5.Preston Mannins's
16.
party became the Official Opposition.
Party became the 3rd largest in Parliament.
In 1989, the dismantling of the
17. For the
signalled the end of the Cold War.
first time since the Korean War, Canadian soldiers went to war in 1991
against
, who had invaded
[8. Canadian Major-General Lewis MacKenzie led the U.N. Peacekeeping mission in
19.14 women were massacred at the University
20.In
of
1995, another referendum was held on Quebec independence; Canadians from across the
country gathered in
to convince Quebec to stay.
21. The results of the 1995 Quebec Referendum:
%No
% Yes
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