Campbell calls an election in October, but her party suffers a humiliating defeat, winning only 2 seats when previously it had held 169. He is succeeded by Kim Campbell, Canada's first female prime minister.
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Mulroney realigns foreign policy towards Europe and the US.ġ985 - 329 people, including 280 Canadians, are killed in a bomb attack on an Air India jet travelling between Montreal and London.ġ989 - Canada and the US agree to establish free trade.ġ991 - Canadian forces participate in the Gulf War following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.ġ992 - Canada, US and Mexico finalise the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).ġ993 - Mulroney resigns as leader of the Progressive Conservatives in February but remains prime minister until June. Elections are won by the Progressive Conservatives under Brian Mulroney. The country adopts its new constitution, which includes a charter of rights.ġ984 - Trudeau retires. Parti Quebecois (PQ) is formed to push for complete independence for Quebec.ġ970 - Members of a radical Quebec separatist group, the Front de Liberation du Quebec, kidnap a British trade official and murder a Quebec minister.Ģ003: Toronto parties through the blackoutġ980 - A referendum on the separation of Quebec is defeated.ġ982 - The UK transfers final legal powers over Canada. French President Charles de Gaulle visits and declares 'Vive le Quebec libre' (Long live free Quebec).ġ968 - Pierre Trudeau of the Liberal party wins elections. Canadian forces participate in the United Nations war effort.ġ965 - The present Canadian flag is adopted, replacing one which had incorporated the British flag.ġ967 - Expo 67 in Montreal provides impetus to Canadian national identity. Newfoundland, until then a British dominion, becomes a province of Canada.ġ950 - War in Korea. But the US fails to realise its plans to invade Canada.ġ821 - Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company merge, after years of bitter rivalry descend into bloodshed.ġ837/8 - Armed rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada, caused by disaffection with the ruling elites, poverty and social divisions.ġ841 - Formation of the United Province of Canada reunites Canada East (Lower) and Canada West (Upper) Canada.ġ867 - British North America Act unites Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the Dominion of Canada.ġ870 - Manitoba becomes fifth province, followed by British Columbia and Prince Edward Island.ġ939 - Outbreak of World War II: Canadian forces are active in Italy, Europe, the Atlantic and elsewhere.ġ947 - Canada is declared to be of equal status with Great Britain within the Commonwealth.ġ949 - Canada becomes founder member of Nato. Action includes naval battles in the Great Lakes and a US attack on York (present-day Toronto). Thousands of newcomers from England, Scotland and Ireland arrive each year.ġ812-14 - War of 1812 between the US and Britain, largely over the effects on the US of British blockades of French ports. The company builds up a network of trading posts across the west and north its expeditions reach the Pacific coast.ġ791 - Quebec divided into Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) and Upper Canada (present-day Ontario).ġ800s - Immigration picks up.
After early French successes, the settlement of Quebec falls in 1759 and the British advance on Montreal.ġ763 - Under the Treaty of Paris, Britain acquires all French colonies east of the Mississippi including New France, which becomes the colony of Quebec.ġ774 - The Quebec Act recognises the French language and the Roman Catholic religion in the colony.ġ776 onwards - Loyalist refugees from the American War of Independence settle in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Ontario.Ģ002: Vancouver and Melbourne top city leagueġ783 - Fur traders in Montreal set up the North West Company. The company holds trading rights for regions whose rivers drain into Hudson Bay.ġ701 - Thirty-eight Indian nations sign a peace treaty near Montreal with the French, ending 20 years of diplomacy.ġ756 - Seven Years' War begins, between New France and the larger and economically-stronger British colonies. 1534 - Jacques Cartier explores the St Lawrence river, claims the shores of the Gulf of St Lawrence for France.ġ583 - Newfoundland becomes England's first overseas colony.ġ600s - Fur trade rivalry between the French, English and Dutch the Europeans exploit existing rivalries between Indian nations to form alliances.ġ627 - Company of New France established to govern and exploit "New France" - France's North American colonies.ġ670 - Hudson's Bay Company established by London traders.
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