Elijah Harper, First Nations leader who brought down Meech Lake, dies at 64
Elijah Harper, First Nations leader who brought down Meech Lake, dies at 64
by Gloria Galloway at the Globe & Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elijah-harper-first-nations-leader-who-brought-down-meech-lake-dies-at-64/article11988959/
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Rarely can one person change the course of history for an entire country. Elijah Harper did.
In the Manitoba legislature in 1990, Mr. Harper clutched an eagle feather as he blocked the passage of the Meech Lake accord – the agreement that had been negotiated between Ottawa and the provinces to bring Quebec into the constitutional fold.
The scuttling of the deal gave new life to the separatist movement and was the backdrop to ensuing years of tensions between Quebec and federalist forces.
Mr. Harper died Friday at the age of 64 of cardiac failure due to complications from diabetes.
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