Patriation

But it makes me think about the situation, I would say the situation in the late 1970s going into the early 1980s when there was a very popular Quebec separatist movement that had won a provincial election in 1976 and was committed to holding a referendum on sovereignty, which was scheduled and occurred in 1980. in late in 1979 you know pierre trudeau loses the federal election he's then re-elected like i want to say nine months later and then in the span of just a couple of months he proceeds to win the federalist he wins on the on the no side on the referendum vote and then immediately puts canada on the road to patriating its constitution which involves like about 18 months of extra like the most intense constitutional debates we've ever had.

And it's worth pointing out as well that initially all of the provinces were opposed to the Constitution, Patriation Project, were opposed to essentially defining what the federal government's powers were.

And by the end of it, Trudeau Sr. was able to convince 9 out of 10 premiers.

which is a pretty significant achievement.