The Charlottetown Accord, the Referendum, and the Future of Canada / / ed. by Kenneth McRoberts, Patrick J. Monahan.

In the Fall of 1992, public events in Canada reached a climax that had far-reaching effects for the future of the country. For the first time in their history, Canadians were asked to give their approval to a sweeping set of constitutional proposals in a national referendum. The first serious and in...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE. The Reform of Central Institutions in the Charlottetown Accord
  • 1. The Reform of Federal Institutions
  • 2. The Charlottetown Accord Senate: Effective or Emasculated?
  • 3. Speaking for Ourselves
  • 4. The Charlottetown Accord and Central Institutions
  • PART TWO. The Division of Powers in the Charlottetown Accord
  • 5. Division of Powers in the Charlottetown Accord
  • 6. The Charlottetown Accord and the End of the Exclusiveness of Provincial Jurisdictions
  • 7. The Charlottetown Accord: A Faulty Framework and a Wrong-headed Compromise
  • 8. The Dog That Never Barked: Who Killed Asymmetrical Federalism?
  • PART THREE. Distinct Society, Aboriginal Rights, and Fundamental Canadian Values
  • 9. The Charlottetown Discord and Aboriginal Peoples' Struggle for Fundamental Political Change
  • 10. Québec, a Nation Divided
  • 11. The Referendum and Democracy
  • 12. Sinking Again into the Quagmire of Conflicting Visions, Groups, Underinclusion, and Death by Referendum
  • 13. The Charlottetown Accord: A Canadian Compromise
  • PART FOUR. The Referendum
  • 14. The October I 992 Canadian Constitutional Referendum: The Socio-Political Context
  • 15. The Referendum and Its Aftermath
  • 16. The Quebec Referendum: Quebeckers Say No
  • PART FIVE. The Future of Canada
  • 17. The End of Mega Constitutional Politics in Canada?
  • 18. The Sounds of Silence
  • 19. Disagreeing on Fundamentals: English Canada and Quebec
  • 20. Speculations on a Canada without Quebec
  • Contributors
  • APPENDIX 1. Consensus Report on the Constitution Charlottetown August 28, I 992 Final Text
  • APPENDIX 2. Draft Legal Text October 9, 1992
  • APPENDIX 3. Official Voting Results, by Province 26 October 1992