Test date: Wednesday November 5th
Chapter 3 in Creating Canada
Vocab:
Amending formula sovereignty association veto
Distinct society decentralization notwithstanding clause
Aboriginal Rights Treaty Rights Aboriginal self government
Reserves traditional territory land claims
omnibus bill comprehensive vs specific land claims
Indian Act Royal proclamation
People:
Pierre Trudeau
Brian Mulroney
Robert Bourassa
Elijah Harper
Jacques Parizeau
Rene Levesques
Major events:
-Charter patriation
-Kitchen Accord
-Meech Lake Accord
-Charlottetown Accord
-BNA Act
Questions to consider:
- Quebec sovereignty movement and what fueled or smothered it.
- Cause & Consequences of patriating the constitution
- Political Developments that took place between 1982 - present day that affected the sovereignty movement in Quebec.
- Pros and Cons of Meech Lake Accord
- How did Meech & Charlottetown contribute to unity in Canada, contribute to disunity in Canada
- Cause & Consequences of Meech Lake and failure of
- What is the significance and importance of an amending formula
- Support or oppose the following “The notwithstanding clause should not have been included in the Constitution.”
- Differentiate between a collective right and an individual right.
- Explain the historical significance of the 1982 patriation of the charter from three different pperspectives.
- Understand how the charter affects both individual and groups of people's rights
- Know what land claims are and how indigenous people are affected by the charter.
Be ready for a possible political cartoon analysis.
Be ready for more vocab on this test.
