Meech Lake : The Inside Story / Patrick J. Monahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monahan, Patrick J., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meech Lake Accord (1987).

Meech Lake Accord.

Federal government--Canada.

Federal government.

Constitutional law--Canada.

Constitutional law.

Canada--Politics and government--1980-.

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 340 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

From behind the close doors of Meech Lake comes this insider's account of the negotiations that put Canada's future on the line. Patrick J. Monahan was there throughout the negotiations and tells a compelling story of deals and dealmakers, compromise and confrontation.

Contents:

Cover; FOREWORD by the Honourable Ian Scott, QC, former Attorney General of Ontario; PREFACE; 1. 23 June 1990: A Day of Reckoning?; 2. The Inheritance of 1982; 3. The Genie Is Let Out of the Bottle; 4. The Making of the Meech Lake Accord; 5. A Marathon at Langevin; 6. Unravelling a Seamless Web; 7. Canada on a Collision Course; 8. This Dinner Has Seven Days; 9. Why Did Meech Lake Fail?; 10. The Way Ahead; APPENDIX 1. Constitutional Chronology 1985-1990; APPENDIX 2. The Meech Lake Communique, 30 April 1987; APPENDIX 3. The 1987 Constitutional Accord

APPENDIX 4. 1990 Constitutional Agreement (Final Communique, First Ministers' Meeting on the Constitution, 9 June 1990)A Note on Sources; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-333) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7669-2

OCLC:

1105248491