<P> The Meech Lake Accord (French: Accord du lac Meech) was a series of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada negotiated in 1987 by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and all 10 Canadian provincial premiers . It was intended to persuade the government of Quebec to symbolically endorse the 1982 constitutional amendments by providing for some decentralization of the Canadian federation . </P> <P> The proposed amendments were initially popular and backed by nearly all political leaders . Concerns about the lack of citizen involvement in the Accord's drafting and its future effects on Canadian federalism were raised by former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, feminist activists, and Aboriginal groups . Support for the Accord began to decline . Changes in government in New Brunswick, Manitoba, and Newfoundland brought to power governments that declined to accept the Accord . Further negotiations were conducted but tension increased between Quebec and the predominantly English - speaking provinces . </P>

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