Explore: Meech Lake Accord

The Meech Lake Accord (French: Accord du lac Meech) was a series of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada negotiated in 1987 by Prime Minister

Meech Lake (French: Lac Meech) is located within Gatineau Park in the Municipality of Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. It is located about 20 km northwest of

present in the two failed constitutional amendments, the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accord. "Distinct society" refers to the uniqueness of the

constitutional amendments by first introducing the Meech Lake Accord and then the Charlottetown Accord. Both proposed recognizing Quebec as a distinct society

"Meech Lake and Shifting Conceptions of Canadian Federalism," Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques 14:1, Supplement: The Meech Lake Accord /

and Field Association. Charest was involved in the proposal of the Meech Lake Accord (which failed to be ratified in June 1990) which would have given

ratifying the accord. Because Meech Lake failed in Manitoba, the proposed constitutional amendment failed. Harper also opposed the Charlottetown Accord in 1992

in the rejection of the Meech Lake Accord, a proposed amendment of the Canadian constitution. Harper was born in Red Sucker Lake, a reserve in northern

appease Quebec's enduring resentment and demands resulted in the Meech Lake Accord, which failed when the provinces of Manitoba and Newfoundland were

together with allies in other provinces. The 1990 Meech Lake Accord and the 1992 Charlottetown Accord were both ultimately unsuccessful. So-called "soft