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exécutif Secrétariat aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes Home > Institutionnal and constitutionnal issues > Québec's Positions on Constitutional and Affaires intergouvernementales Intergovernmental Issues from 1936 to March 2001 > Table of contents canadiennes The Minister responsible Table of contents of the Québec's Positions on The Secrétariat Constitutional and Intergovernmental Issues from 1936 to Press Centre March 2001 Interprovincial trade agreements Québec's offices in Canada Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 Intergovernmental meetings Part 1 : Positions of Québec Council of the federation Intergovernmental agreements First Government of Maurice Duplessis Francophonie and cooperation (August 26, 1936 to October 25, 1939) Institutional and constitutional issues ● Constitutional amending procedure ● Distribution of powers General principles ● Intergovernmental policy Conducting intergovernmental relations Government of Adélard Godbout (November 8, 1939 to August 8, 1944) ● Distribution of powers a) General principles b) Unilateral powers ● Intergovernmental policy Financial aspects of federalism Second Government of Maurice Duplessis (August 30, 1944 to September 7, 1959) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Constitutional amending procedure ● Distribution of powers a) General principles b) Sectorial jurisdictions c) Unilateral powers ● Institutions ● Intergovernmental policy Financial aspects of federalism Government of Paul Sauvé (September 11, 1959 to January 2, 1960) ● Distribution of powers Sectorial jurisdictions ● Intergovernmental policy Financial aspects of federalism Government of Jean Lesage (July 5, 1960 to June 5, 1966) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Constitutional amending procedure ● Distribution of powers a) General principles b) Sectorial jurisdictions c) Unilateral powers ● Language rights ● Intergovernmental policy a) Conducting intergovernmental relations b) Financial aspects of federalism Government of Daniel Johnson, Sr. (June 16, 1966 to September 26, 1968) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Distribution of powers a) General principles b) Sectorial jurisdictions c) Unilateral powers ● Individual and language rights ● Institutions ● Intergovernmental policy Financial aspects of federalism Government of Jean-Jacques Bertrand (October 2, 1968 to April 29, 1970) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Distribution of powers a) General principles b) Sectorial jurisdictions ● Individual and language rights ● Institutions ● Intergovernmental policy a) Conducting intergovernmental relations b) Financial aspects of federalism First Government of Robert Bourassa (May 12, 1970 to November 15, 1976) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Constitutional amending procedure ● Distribution of powers a) General principles b) Sectorial jurisdictions c) Unilateral powers ● Individual and language rights ● Institutions ● Intergovernmental policy a) Conducting intergovernmental relations b) Financial aspects of federalism Government of René Lévesque (pre-referendum period, November 25, 1976 to May 20, 1980) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Distribution of powers a) General principles b) Sectorial jurisdictions c) Unilateral powers ● Individual and language rights ● Institutions ● Intergovernmental policy a) Financial aspects of federalism b) Aboriginal Nations c) French-Speaking and Acadian Communities of Canada Government of René Lévesque (post-referendum period, May 21, 1980 to May 1985) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Constitutional amending procedure ● Distribution of powers a) General principles b) Sectorial jurisdictions c) Unilateral powers ● Individual and language rights ● Institutions ● Intergovernmental policy a) Conducting intergovernmental relations b) Financial aspects of federalism c) Aboriginal Nations Governments of René Lévesque and Pierre Marc Johnson (May to December 2, 1985) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Constitutional amending procedure ● Distribution of powers a) Sectorial jurisdictions b) Unilateral powers ● Individual and language rights ● Institutions ● Intergovernmental policy a) Conducting intergovernmental relations b) French-Speaking and Acadian Communities of Canada c) Trade Second Government of Robert Bourassa (period preceding the failure of the Meech Lake Accord, December 12, 1985 to June 21, 1990) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Constitutional amending procedure ● Distribution of powers a) Sectorial jurisdictions b) Unilateral powers ● Individual and language rights ● Institutions ● Intergovernmental policy a) Conducting intergovernmental relations b) Financial aspects of federalism c) Aboriginal Nations d) French-Speaking and Acadian Communities of Canada e) Trade Second government of Robert Bourassa (period following the failure of the Meech Lake Accord, June 22, 1990 to January 11, 1994) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Constitutional amending procedure ● Distribution of powers a) General principles b) Sectorial jurisdictions c) Unilateral powers ● Individual and language rights ● Institutions ● Intergovernmental policy a) Conducting intergovernmental relations b) Financial aspects of federalism c) Aboriginal Nations d) French-Speaking and Acadian Communities of Canada e) Trade Government of Daniel Johnson, Jr. (January 11, 1994 to September 26, 1994) ● Distribution of powers a) General principles b) Sectorial jurisdictions c) Unilateral powers ● Intergovernmental policy a) Financial aspects of federalism b) Trade Government of Jacques Parizeau (September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Distribution of powers a) Sectorial jurisdictions b) Unilateral powers ● Language rights ● Intergovernmental policy a) Conducting intergovernmental relations b) Financial aspects of federalism c) Aboriginal Nations d) French-Speaking and Acadian Communities of Canada e) Trade f) Transportation Government of Lucien Bouchard (January 29, 1996 to March 8, 2001) ● Status of Québec ● Constitutional reform process ● Constitutional amending procedure ● Distribution of powers a) General principles b) Sectorial jurisdictions c) Unilateral powers ● Language rights ● Institutions ● Intergovernmental policy a) Conducting intergovernmental relations b) Financial aspects of federalism c) Aboriginal Nations d) French-Speaking and Acadian Communities of Canada e) Trade f) Criminal justice system for young persons Part 2 : Speeches Adélard Godbout : Declaration during the debate on the Act respecting an Agreement between the Governments of the Dominion and of the Province of Québec for the suspension of certain taxes during the war, Québec Legislative Assembly, April 1942 Maurice Duplessis : Opening statement before the Federal-Provincial Conference on the Constitution, Ottawa, January 10 to 12, 1950 (extract) Maurice Duplessis : Declaration made upon the first reading of Bill 43 on the implementation of a provincial income tax, Québec Legislative Assembly, January 14, 1954 (extract) Jean Lesage : Statement on shared-cost programs, Federal-Provincial Conference, Québec, March 31, 1964 (extract) Jean Lesage : Selected extracts from the book Un Québec fort dans une nouvelle Confédération, June 1965 Paul Gérin-Lajoie: Speech to the Members of the Montréal Consular Corps, Montréal, April 12, 1965 Daniel Johnson père : Opening statement given at the first meeting of the Constitutional Conference held in Ottawa, February 5, 1968 Jean-Jacques Bertrand : Opening statement given at the second meeting of the Constitutional Conference held in Ottawa, February 10, 1969 (extract) Robert Bourassa : Statement on the Victoria Constitutional Charter, Québec National Assembly, June 23, 1971 René Lévesque : Statement on the referendum question, Québec National Assembly, December 20, 1979 René Lévesque : Statement made at the Meeting of the First Ministers in Ottawa from June 8 to 13, 1980, June 9, 1980 René Lévesque : Declaration at the Federal-Provincial Conference of the First Ministers on the Constitution, held in Ottawa, November 5, 1981 Gil Rémillard : Speech given at the Symposium on “Rebuilding the Relationship: Québec and its Confederation Partners,” Mont-Gabriel, May 9, 1986 Robert Bourassa : Speech upon the tabling of the motion proposing that the Québec National Assembly authorize the amendment of the Canadian Constitution in compliance with the Meech Lake Accord, June 18, 1987 Claude Ryan