Newfoundland recently grabbed center stage in the national debate by rescinding its earlier approval of the controversial Meech Lake accord, the agreement that would classify neighboring Quebec as ...

The Meech Lake accord died 20 years ago today, but the anniversary is not a cause for much celebration across Canada. The memories of the failed constitutional talks are raw among those who lived ...

MONTREAL—There were federalist tears all around when the Meech Lake constitutional accord went down 25 years ago this week, but for contrary reasons. Its proponents mourned an ominous loss for ...

There are millions of Canadians who have no memory of the day the Meech Lake accord crashed and burned, 25 years ago this week. Much has changed in the interim. Governments have risen and fallen.

The Meech Lake accord was agreed to in the spring of 1987 with a three-year deadline for ratification by federal and provincial parliaments. Over time, public disillusionment with the deal grew ...

Time was running out for the ratification of the Meech Lake Accord. Manitoba had yet to pass resolutions in the legislature to approve it and Newfoundland had just rescinded its approval.

The Meech Lake accord, intended to repair the alleged damage done by passage of the Constitution Act of 1982 without Quebec’s full approval, had collapsed. You can save this article by ...

Mulroney is the principal architect of the 1987 Meech Lake accord, named for the lake in Quebec north of Ottawa where he and all 10 premiers originally agreed on it. However, changes in government ...

Harper was an aboriginal leader and politician for much of his life, and played a key role in defeating the Meech Lake Accord in 1990. At one point, he stood in the Manitoba legislature ...

Elijah Harper, a former Manitoba MLA and MP who was a key player in defeating the Meech Lake accord, has died at the age of 64. Elijah Harper's funeral will take place at 10 a.m. on May 20 at ...

OTTAWA—Huddled with his cabinet colleagues in the spring of 1990 as the Meech Lake constitutional accord collapsed, Brian Mulroney lashed out at Pierre Trudeau and other Liberals for engaging in ...

At the center of all these hard feelings is something called the Meech Lake Accord. It's an amendment to Canada's constitution that recognizes Quebec and its French culture as a "distinct society ...