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  Robert Bourassa Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Robert Bourassa (1933-1996) was Premier of the province of Quebec for two terms, 1970-1976 and 1985-1993.
Robert Bourassa was born on July 14, 1933, to a lower middle-class family in Montreal's east end.
Bourassa died from malignant melanoma, a type of cancer, in 1996 at the age of 63.
www.bookrags.com /biography/robert-bourassa   (1756 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Robert Bourassa
Robert Bourassa graduated from the Université de Montréal law school in 1956 and was admitted to the Barreau du Québec the following year.
It was Bourassa who pushed the Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Trudeau, to declare a state of emergency, which resulted in the Canadian army patrolling the streets of major cities in Quebec and in the national capital, Ottawa.
Bourassa initiated the James Bay hydroelectric project in 1971 that led to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975 with the Cree and Inuit inhabitants of the region.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Robert_Bourassa   (1109 words)

  
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Bourassa was elected four times as Quebec's premier, serving from 1970 to 1976 and from 1985 to 1994.
Bourassa was defeated by the separatist Parti Quebecois in 1976, at least in part because of unproven allegations of corruption in his administration.
Bourassa staged a remarkable political comeback, leading the federalist Liberal Party to a landslide victory in 1985.
www.s-t.com /daily/10-96/10-03-96/c08wn555.htm   (481 words)

  
 Robert Bourassa - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bourassa, Robert (1933-1996), premier of the province of Québec, Canada, from 1970 to 1976 and from 1985 to 1994.
Bourassa, Henri (1868-1952), Canadian political leader and journalist, born in Montréal, and educated privately.
Bruce, Robert (1274-1329), liberator, and, as Robert I, king of Scotland (1306-1329).
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 Log Cabin Chronicles Peter Black's Bourassa to Dumond column
The first version was a masterful account of the Quebec Liberal party from Robert Bourassa's humiliating defeat at the hands of the Parti Québécois in 1976 to his extraordinary comeback as leader in 1983.
Bourassa, the pragmatic economist, turned out to be a federalist at his core when the chips were down.
Unfortunately for Bourassa, the people picked to draft his own party's response to Meech got carried away or rather were not kept on a short enough leash, partly because Bourassa was sidelined by his first serious scrape with cancer.
www.tomifobia.com /black/bourassa_dumont.shtml   (681 words)

  
 People - Canadian Heritage Gallery
Robert Borden Robert Borden (1854-1937), Nova Scotia-born, he entered provincial parliament in 1896, took command of the federal Conservative party in 1901, and was Canadian Prime Minister, 1911-1920.
Robert Borden Sir Robert Borden (1854-1937) was born in Nova Scotia, provincial member for Halifax, federal Conservative leader from 1901, and Prime Minister, 1911-1920.
Henri Bourassa Henri Bourassa (1868-1932), was born in Montreal, sat in the federal parliament 1896-1907, founded the newspaper Le Devoir, in 1930 and was its editor till 1932.
www.canadianheritage.org /galleries/people0300.htm   (250 words)

  
 Parti libéral du Québec - Free net encyclopedia
Bourassa resigned from the party's leadership after the loss of the 1976 election to René Lévesque's Parti Québécois.
Bourassa was succeeded as Liberal leader by Claude Ryan, the former director of the respected Montreal newspaper, Le Devoir.
When Bourassa returned as Premier in 1985, he successfully persuaded the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney to recognize Québec as a distinct society, and sought greater powers for the Quebec and the other provinces.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Quebec_Liberal_Party   (1181 words)

  
 Robert Bourassa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Bourassa (July 14, 1933 – October 2, 1996) was a politician in Quebec, Canada.
Robert Bourassa was born in Montreal in a working class family to Aubert Bourassa, a port authority worker, and Adrienne Courville.
Bourassa felt the extensive hydro-electric resources of Quebec were the most effective means of completing the modernization of Quebec and sustain job creations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Bourassa   (1302 words)

  
 Bourassa, Robert - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
BOURASSA, ROBERT [Bourassa, Robert] 1933-96, Canadian political leader.
He received a law degree from the Univ. of Montreal (1957) and later studied at Oxford and Harvard.
Bourassa was an advocate of Quebec autonomy within a sovereign Canada and a strong supporter of the failed Meech Lake Accord (1990) and subsequent unsuccessful attempts to redefine provincial rights in the Canadian constitution.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-bourassar1.html   (271 words)

  
 Defeated by the Parti Québécois - Robert Bourassa: Political Survivor - CBC Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
But the mood in Quebec is different during the 1976 campaign, and Robert Bourassa has lost his seat — and the province — to the Parti Québécois.
Bourassa is philosophical about the loss, explaining that "in modern societies it's more difficult to come with a middle-of-the-road approach." In this CBC Radio clip he also asks the province's business sector to react calmly to the PQ victory.
The only issue in that campaign was federalism versus separatism and the results were a resounding endorsement of Bourassa's leadership.
archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-73-915-5315/politics_economy/robert_bourassa/clip4   (403 words)

  
 From Bourassa to Bourassa, Second Edition
the second edition of From Bourassa to Bourassa: Wilderness to Restoration is highly readable, richly informative and has genuine appeal for a variety of potential audiences.
Robert Bourassa, a pariah after losing power to the separatist Parti Québécois in the 1976 election, emerged a decade later from political exile to lead his party back to power.
This contributed to Ryan's defeat in the 1981 Quebec election and to Bourassa's restoration.
www.mqup.mcgill.ca /book.php?bookid=556   (382 words)

  
 Robert Bourassa on the War Measures Act - Quebec History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Robert Bourassa on the War Measures Act - Quebec History
In the reports that I was receiving from Robert Demers, he indicated that his meetings with Robert Lemieux were not bringing significant results.
Robert Lemieux was giving press conferences where he said things that did not conform with what had been said in private meetings.
www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/docs/october/rb-react.htm   (731 words)

  
 Parti libéral du Québec - Gurupedia
Bourassa resigned from the party's leadership after the loss of the 1976 Quebec election to René Lévesque's Parti Quebecois.
Bourassa was succeeded as Liberal leader by the former of the respected Montreal newspaper,
When Bourassa returned as Premier in the 1980s, he successfully persuaded the federal Tory government of Brian Mulroney to recognise Quebec as a distinct society, and sought greater powers for the province in the
www.gurupedia.com /p/pl/plq.htm   (908 words)

  
 Rose coloured view on Robert Bourassa's legacy-Jimmy Kalafatidis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
John Parisella's trip down Bourassa memory lane is somewhat bewildering (Comment, Oct. 2, "Remembering Robert Bourassa").
Bourassa who gave us the so-called green Hydro projects, with the unforgettable slogan of "you can't eat the fish for 20 years?"
Bourassa and the Liberals who sponsored the Belanger-Campeau Report in 1991 and Bill 150 in 1992 in support of Quebec's unilateral secession from Canada?
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 Cadillac News
Bourassa was born Oct. 29, 1928 in Cadillac to Levi J. and Maude (Gaunt) Townsend.
She married Robert L. Bourassa Aug. 27, 1948 in Cadillac.
Bourassa was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church of Cadillac and helped with several weekly duties at the church.
www.cadillacnews.com /obit_archive/2001/03/03-01-01/obit03.html   (164 words)

  
 A Canadian Myth: Quebec, Between Canada and the Illusion of Utopia. by Michael D. Behiels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The politically spineless Bourassa scuttled the Victoria Charter in 1971 and, contrary to all the recommendations of the Gendron Commission on language, banished English as one of the two official languages of Quebec with his very illiberal and oppressive Bill 22, the godfather of Camille Laurin's even more oppressive Bill 101.
It was the beau risque gambling tag team of Bourassa and Mulroney, who endangered the Canadian federation to the point of virtual political collapse with their seamless web of distinctly illiberal, ethnic-state-imbued Meech Lake constitutional amendments.
The 'Canada Round' of mega-constitutional negotiations produced the highly illiberal and collectivist Charlottetown consensus report, a report that virtually guaranteed its rejection in Quebec by laying the groundwork for a separate Aboriginal citizenship and by further entrenching the concept of equality of the provinces via an equal and elected/appointed Senate.
www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/764/myth1.html   (1299 words)

  
 History of modern Quebec
For the occasion, the imposing and impressive Stade Olympique is built.
Robert Bourassa finalle abandons negociations and ask for the intervention of the Canadian army, which put an end to a 78-days long siege.
1992 : Bourassa transforms his referendum on sovereignty into a referendum on the new Charlottetown Accord, a deal made in haste to replace Meech.
www.republiquelibre.org /cousture/QUEBEC2.HTM   (2202 words)

  
 CBC News Indepth: Bill 101
Confronted with the angry demonstrations of those defending Bill 101, Robert Bourassa – back from the political wasteland for his second tour as premier by then – came up with a compromise.
Reacting to these events, Bourassa, in 1993, introduced Bill 86, which allowed English on outdoor commercial signs only if the French lettering was at least twice as large as the English.
Under the new law, Gwen Simpson and Wally Hoffman, owners of a small antique store near Montreal called "The Lyon and the Wallrus," faced a $500 fine because the English and French on their sign were the same size.
www.cbc.ca /news/background/bill101   (1231 words)

  
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While in office, he discovered that Canada could not be ruled properly without the French, and that the Durham-Sydenham program of anglicization was causing great resentment amongst the French Canadians.
The French-Canadians were outraged at the Naval Act of 1910 and Bourassa used Le Devoir to advocate his views.
He was the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party when it won an election victory in 1970.
www.edunetconnect.com /cat/candict/b.html   (2183 words)

  
 Meech Lake Accord a 'unique chance' for Canada - Robert Bourassa: Political Survivor - Politics and Economy - CBC ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Bourassa says unemployment has been reduced by half since the Liberals gained power.
Bourassa gets support from Don Getty - if Quebec says it wants to stay in Canada.
The leader of the Assembly of First Nations says Bourassa is the only person who can save Canada.
archives.radio-canada.ca /500f.asp?id=1-73-915-5323   (164 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Robert Bourassa (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
AllRefer.com - Robert Bourassa (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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 Quebec Premier, Dalai Lama Discuss Cultural Survival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Bourassa drew parallels between Tibet and Quebec yesterday during a meeting
in 1959, and with which Bourassa is keen to expand Quebec's trade relations
Meanwhile, Bourassa aide Sylvie Godin insisted there was no link between
www.tibet.ca /en/wtnarchive/1993/6/26_1.html   (357 words)

  
 Bouchard denounced high court judgement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Premier Lucien Bouchard and three of his top cabinet ministers said the judgement imperils the democratic legacy left by the PQ's founder, the late premier René Lévesque, and endorsed by his federalist contemporary, the late Liberal premier Robert Bourassa.
``The fundamental legacy of René Lévesque and of Robert Bourassa are at stake here'', Bouchard told reporters at a meeting of the PQ's Quebec National Assembly caucus in this Lower St. Lawrence port.
Bouchard was reacting to a ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada that said Quebec's referendum law goes too far in restricting spending to the official Yes and No committees.
www.efc.ca /pages/media/toronto.star.10oct97b.html   (571 words)

  
 Marshall vs Robert Morris
Marshall vs Robert Morris (Final) Robert Morris Men's Soccer 2003 Marshall vs Robert Morris (09/07/03 at Moon Township, Pa.)
Soccer Box Score (Final) Robert Morris Men's Soccer 2003 Marshall vs Robert Morris (09/07/03 at Moon Township, Pa.) Marshall (1-2-0) vs. Goals by period 1 2 Tot Robert Morris (1-2-1) ------------------------------- Date: 09/07/03 Attendance: 100 Marshall............
Soccer Game Summary (Final) Robert Morris Men's Soccer 2003 Marshall vs Robert Morris (09/07/03 at Moon Township, Pa.) Marshall (1-2-0) vs. Robert Morris (1-2-1) Date: 09/07/03 Attendance: 100 Weather: Sunny, 74 degrees Goals by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- Marshall............
www.robert-morris.edu /SentryHTML/ath/msoccersco/game4.htm   (289 words)

  
 CBC.ca - The Greatest Canadian - About the Show
She moved to television in 1979, first with CTV's CFCF in Montreal, then moving to CBC-TV as a legislative reporter for local news and The National, based in Quebec City.
During this 6-year period she covered the first referendum on sovereignty, and some of the most fascinating politicians of our times, such as Jean Drapeau, Robert Bourassa, Jacques Parizeau, René Lévesque and Pierre Trudeau.
In 1985 Wendy moved to Ottawa as a parliamentary correspondent for CBC-TV's The National.
www.cbc.ca /greatest/about/host.html   (421 words)

  
 Soil and Air Temperature at Robert-Bourassa and Laforge-1 Reservoirs, Quebec, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Soil and Air Temperature at Robert-Bourassa and Laforge-1 Reservoirs, Quebec, CanadaData set title Soil and Air Temperature at Robert-Bourassa and Laforge-1 Reservoirs, Quebec, Canada
Study location : Quebec, Robert Bourassa (LG-2) and Laforge-1 Reservoirs, Quebec, Canada
Comments/notes : consolidated from 455-457 by C. Hanson
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