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MEECH LAKE ACCORD
An agreement by the Prime Minister of Canada and the ten provincial premiers, signed June 3, 1987, to amend the Constitution of Canada to provide for: explicit recognition of Quebec as a ‘distinct society’; increased provincial power over immigration; limitation of federal government spending power; recognition of Quebec's right to veto further Constitutional change; provincial participation over appointments of Supreme Court of Canada judges. The Accord required assent from Parliament and all ten provincial legislatures, but did not receive final ratification in either Newfoundland or Manitoba before the June 23, 1990 deadline. Principal components of the Accord were later included in the Charlottetown Agreement (August 28, 1992), a further attempt to amend the Constitution of Canada, which was defeated in a national referendum.

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