The Charlottetown Accord 17 years on

Chantal Hébert on the missed opportunities presented by the Charlottetown Accord, and the danger of letting public outrage drown out debate and deliberation: 'Charlottetown, 17 ans plus tard'. I remember the public mood at the time. Cool-headed debate was hard to come by in the post-Meech political environment, and there was a huge groundswell throughout the country that was not only opposed to concessions to Quebec nationalism, but also opposed to literally anything that originated from Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.