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Why Charles III won’t be the last King of Canada

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The Role of the Crown in the Canadian Constitution

The Meech Lake Accord was in 1990. It was essentially trying to get Quebec to endorse the Constitution. The Shala Town Accord was two years later in 1992 when they tried again, but that was rejected in a referendum. But why does that have relevance to what we're talking about now with the monarchy? Well, it has relevance because there were parts of the MeeCh Lake Accord which did require unanimous consent. And one of them was the crown.

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