Final Prep 2

Question 1

What was the significance of the “White Paper” (1969) and the “Red Paper” (1970)?

Answer 1

White Paper- Proposed to assimilate Indigenous people by eliminating the Indian Act, ending land rights, and further integration.

Red Paper-Indigenous response to the White Paper, rejecting assimilation and advocating for Indigenous rights

Question 2

How did the women’s and Queer rights movements change Canadian’s attitudes and legislation?

Answer 2

women’s rights: shifted attitudes toward Canadian Human Rights Act, and Employment Equity Act

Queer Rights- Changed public views on LGBTQ+ leading to the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1969, leading to legalized marriage, and the Canadian human rights act.

Question 3

How did prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau shape Canada’s politics during the 1970s?

Answer 3

national unity
Languages act-(making bilingiasm
-made the Canadian charter of Rights and freedoms
Nation Energy program

Question 4

What was the significance of the 1982 patriation of the Canadian Constitution?

Answer 4

Gave Canada full control over its constitution-no longer answering to britian
Canadian Charter of rights and freedoms

Question 5

Why did the Meech Lake Accord (1987) and Charlottetown Accord (1992) fail?

Answer 5

Meech Lake Accord- failed due to a lack of support from the provinces and indigenous

Charlestown Accords- widespread opposition in a national referendum as Canadians felt it granted too much power to provinces and didn’t protect the rights of all groups

Question 6

What were the effects of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (C.U.S.F.T.A.) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (N.A.F.T.A.)?

Answer 6

C.U.S.F.T.A- Canada United States Free Trade Agreement- boosted trade between Canada and us by reducing tariffs

N.A.F.T.A- North American Free Trade Agreement- Expanded trade to Mexico
increased foreign investment

Question 7

How did the 1990 Kanehsatake resistance/Oka crisis impact relations between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government?

Answer 7

Increased Tensions
Awareness and Advocacy
Government Response- reviewed indigenous land rights and policicies

Question 8

How did regionalism affect the political atmosphere of the 1980s and 1990s?

Answer 8

increased tension between Quebec and Canada
Rise of Regional Parties- Bloc Quebecois and Reform party