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    King-Byng Affair

    The King-Byng Affair was a 1926 Canadian constitutional crisis pitting the powers of a prime minister against the powers of a governor general.

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  • Macleans

    Latest Gomery Shockers May Not Yield a Spring Election

    JUST ABOUT everybody breathlessly described Jean Brault's testimony as explosive.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 18, 2005

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    Sir Wilfrid Laurier: the Politics of Compromise

    The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated.

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  • Macleans

    Layton on the Eve of the Election

    Jack LAYTON laughs a lot for a socialist. And maybe that's the problem.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 8, 2008

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  • Macleans

    Layton's New Ambition

    The dark cars with the tinted windows roll up and Jack Layton emerges, an RCMP detail, as all candidates for prime minister are afforded, in tow.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 29, 2008

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    Local Elections

    Local elections are the procedures by which citizens in a community choose the MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

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  • Macleans

    Lord Encouraged to Lead Tories

    It takes a political animal to know one.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 7, 2002

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  • Macleans

    Lord's First 200 Days

    His absence was, in reality, due to a bout of flu. But many nights, Lord's tan minivan is the last vehicle in the parking lot behind the government buildings. His heavy workload has even reduced the premier to working out at home, instead of his usual fitness regimen of ball hockey and racquetball.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on January 17, 2000

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    Manitoba and Confederation

    Canada’s fifth province, Manitoba entered Confederation with the passing of the Manitoba Act on 12 May 1870. The Assiniboine, Dakota, Cree and Dene peoples had occupied the land for up to 15,000 years. Since 1670, it was part of Rupert’s Land and was controlled by the Hudson’s Bay Company. The Canadian government purchased Rupert’s Land at the behest of William McDougall, Manitoba’s Father of Confederation. No residents of the area were consulted about the transfer; in response, Louis Riel and the Métis led the Red River Resistance. It resulted in an agreement to join Confederation. Ottawa agreed to help fund the new provincial government, give roughly 1.4 million acres of land to the Métis, and grant the province four seats in Parliament. However, Canada mismanaged its promise to guarantee the Métis their land rights. The resulting North-West Resistance in 1885 led to the execution of Riel. The creation of Manitoba — which, unlike the first four provinces, did not control its natural resources — revealed Ottawa’s desire to control western development. 

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    Manitoba Schools Question

    The struggle over the rights of francophones in Manitoba to receive an education in their mother tongue and their religion is regarded as one of the most important “school crises” in Canadian history, with major short-term and long-term consequences.

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  • Macleans

    Martin Likely To replace Chrétien as PM

    It should have been a simple question for a man accustomed to the black art of political gamesmanship. What can the other contenders for Jean CHRÉTIEN's throne do to give former finance minister Paul MARTIN a run for his millions? But this seasoned LIBERAL PARTY strategist seemed stumped.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 9, 2002

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  • Macleans

    McKenna Re-elected

    It was 11:30 on the morning after the New Brunswick Liberal party's third consecutive election landslide, but Frank McKenna was still celebrating - his way. Operating on just 4½ hours of sleep, he had followed his usual morning ritual: after waking at six a.m.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on September 25, 1995

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  • Macleans

    McKenna Retires

    In political circles, the glass-walled building in downtown Fredericton where Frank McKenna toiled for 10 years as New Brunswick premier was sometimes known as "Frank’s 7-11.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 20, 1997

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  • Macleans

    McLellan New Justice Minister

    Long ago, Anne McLellan learned to accept a daunting task with enthusiasm and a sense of duty. Growing up on her parents' dairy and chicken farm in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, she helped gather the eggs produced by the family's flock of hens. All 17,000 of them.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on June 23, 1997

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    Meech Lake Accord

    In 1987, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney attempted to win Quebec’s consent to the revised Canadian Constitution. The result was the Meech Lake Accord. It was an agreement between the federal and provincial governments to amend (change) the Constitution. The Accord proposed strengthening provincial powers and declaring Quebec a “distinct society.” The Accord was never put into effect. Political support for it unravelled in 1990. Many Québécois saw the Accord’s failure in English Canada as a rejection of Quebec. Support for separatism soared in Quebec and led to the 1995 Quebec Referendum.

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