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27,000 Canadians served and more than 1600 were killed or wounded
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Pearson wins a nobel peace prize for proposing a United Nations peacekeeping force to prevent war over control of the Suez Canal
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the aboriginal people are granted the right to vote in federal elections
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The FLQ terrorist group set off bombs in Montreal to help push for the independence of Quebec
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Canada celebrates 100 years of Confederation
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Trudeau succeeds Lestor Pearson as Prime Minister and Trudeaumania sweeps the country in the federal election
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After the FLQ kidnaps a Quebec minister and a british trade commissioner, Prime Minister Trudeau envois the War Measures Act which allows for Canadians to be arrested without cause.
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A bill was passed resulting in the abolition of the death penalty, except for certain offences under the National Defence Act. These were removed in 1998.
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Terry Fox starts his run on April 12 across the country but is forced to stop on September 1 when his cancer returns.
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Quebec voters reject "Sovereignty Association" in favour of renewed Confederation.
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Every province except Quebec reach an agreement for patriating the Canadian Constitution.
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Canada gets a new Constitution including a Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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Save becomes the first women governor general
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Audrey McLaughlin becomes the first female leader of a federal party. The Democratic Party.
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The first women goes to space
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Kim Campbell become the first female Prime Minister.
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The NAFTA comes into affect linking Canada, the United States and Mexico in an new partnership
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The "Turbot War" starts when a Canadian official arrests a Spanish ship in a bid to prevent European fleets from harvesting too many fish off the coast of Newfoundland
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established to Canada 1999
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