In the aftermath of the 1989 budget, which saw a fillibuster by Liberal Senators in attempt to kill legislation creating the Goods and Services Tax, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney " stacked " the Senate by creating additional seats in several provinces across Canada, including New Brunswick ; however, there was no attempt by these provinces to increase the number of MPs to reflect this change in Senate representation.

In 1980, with the rise of conservative neoliberal politicians such as Ronald Reagan in the U. S., Margaret Thatcher in Britain, and Brian Mulroney in Canada, the Western welfare state was attacked from within.

By the early 1980s there was no clear neoconservative in the Tory leadership cadre, but Brian Mulroney, who became leader in 1983, eventually came to adopt many policies from the Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan governments.

As Mulroney took the Progressive Conservative Party further in this direction, with policy initiatives in the areas of deregulation, privatization, free-trade, and a consumption tax called the Goods and Services Tax ( GST ), many traditionally-minded Tories became concerned that a political and cultural schism was occurring within the party.

Initially, the Reform Party was motivated by the need for democratic reforms and by profound Western Canadian discontent with the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney.

BQ founder Lucien Bouchard was a cabinet minister in the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney.

The initial coalition that led to the Bloc was headed by Lucien Bouchard, who had been federal Minister of the Environment in the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney.

According to The Secret Mulroney Tapes he was fired by Prime Minister Mulroney.

As the campaign unfolded, the Tories, led by Brian Mulroney, who was fighting his first general election in any capacity, soon took the lead.

Martin Brian Mulroney, ( born March 20, 1939 ) was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984 to June 25, 1993, and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993.

Mulroney was born on March 20, 1939, in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, a remote and isolated town in the eastern part of the province.

He is the son of Irish Canadian Catholic parents, Mary Irene ( née O ' Shea ) and Benedict Martin Mulroney, who was a paper mill electrician.

As there was no English-language Catholic high school in Baie-Comeau, Mulroney completed his high school education at a Roman Catholic boarding school in Chatham, New Brunswick operated by St. Thomas University ( in 2001, St. Thomas University named its newest academic building in his honour ).

The magazine took the position that they were simply saying in a satirical fashion that Mulroney was using his daughter as an election campaign prop.

While initially undecided, Mulroney was captivated by John Diefenbaker's powerful oratory and easy approachability.

Mulroney joined the " Youth for Diefenbaker " committee which was led by Ted Rogers, a future scion of Canadian business.

Mulroney won several public speaking contests at St. Francis Xavier, was a star member of the school's debating team, and never lost an interuniversity debate.

It was around this time that Mulroney also cultivated friendships with the Tory premier of Nova Scotia, Robert Stanfield, and his chief adviser Dalton Camp.

Mulroney neglected his studies, then fell seriously ill during the winter term, was hospitalized, and, despite getting extensions for several courses because of his illness, flunked out of Dalhousie his first year.

During this time, Mulroney was still involved in the Conservative youth wing and was acquainted with the President of the Student Federation, Joe Clark.

After graduating from Laval in 1964, Mulroney joined the Montreal law firm now known as Ogilvy Renault, which at the time was the largest law firm in the Commonwealth of Nations.

After ultimately passing his bar exams, Mulroney was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1965, and became a labour lawyer, which was then a new and exciting field of law in Quebec.

The two territories ( at that time Nunavut did not exist ) were planned to be invited, but a week before the invitations were sent, Mulroney stated that the territories did not have enough power to affect important decisions.

Howie returned to the government side of the House when the Brian Mulroney Tories won the 1984 federal election but was not invited into the Cabinet.

Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney had briefly attended Dalhousie Law School, although failed after his first year.

Mulroney became a youth delegate and attended the 1956 leadership convention in Ottawa.

It was the primary sporting venue for the 1987 Canada Winter Games and hosted the opening ceremonies which were attended by then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Mulroney attended Maury Elementary School and played cello in school and city youth orchestras, as well as acting in children's community theater.

Mulroney attended the Interlochen Arts Camp as a cellist.

Many prominent Canadians were university debaters, including former Canadian Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney, MPs John Godfrey and Justin Trudeau, Canadian Supreme Court justices Ian Binnie and Morris Fish, songwriter Leonard Cohen, entrepreneur Moses Znaimer, environmentalist David Suzuki, and journalist Ian Hanomansing.

Clark is one of a number of children of former Prime Ministers who became notable media personalities or politicians in the early 21st century, along with Ben Mulroney, Justin Trudeau and Alexandre Trudeau.

Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney were longtime foes, but this rivalry did not carry over to their sons ; Ben Mulroney was a guest at Justin Trudeau's wedding.

The others were Ben Mulroney, Catherine Clark, and his own brother, Justin.

The consensus was that Mulroney would be heavily defeated by Jean Chrétien and the Liberals if he led the Tories into the next election — ironically, the same situation that led to Trudeau's departure from the scene nine years earlier.

When Mulroney took over the reins of the Progressive Conservatives, Trudeau's Liberals attacked them with the slogan " Bring back Joe!

Brian Mulroney defeated Trudeau's successor, John Turner, in the 1984 federal election.

The PCs ' victory was aided in large part by a massive breakthrough in Quebec, winning 58 seats as compared to the one Quebec seat they won in 1980 ; Mulroney successfully campaigned in Quebec on a message that Pierre Trudeau's Liberals had " sold out " the province during the process of patriating the Canadian constitution in 1982, due to the fact that Quebec never formally signed on to the new constitution.

He was a supporter of the Meech Lake Accord negotiated by Trudeau's successor, Brian Mulroney and was a supporter of the Canada-U. S. Free Trade Agreement.

Among those was Brian Mulroney, who said that by " accepting Mr. Trudeau's referendum idea, Mr. Levesque himself abandoned, without notice, his colleagues of the common front.

Mulroney claims that " Trudeau's contribution was not to build Canada but to destroy it, and I had to come in to save it.

Bennett, John Diefenbaker, Joe Clark, Brian Mulroney, and Kim Campbell led progressive conservative federal governments.

Guest expressed the general opinion in a poem titled " Speaking of Greenberg ," in which he used the Irish ( and thus Catholic ) names Murphy and Mulroney.

* Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada, child of Irish Quebecers.

As chairman of the international advisory board of Cerberus Capital Management, he recruited former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, who would have been installed as chairman if Cerberus had successfully acquired Air Canada.

She had directed the detailed planning of the funeral, including ordering all the major events and asking former President George H. W. Bush as well as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to speak during the National Cathedral Service.

To date, former prime ministers Joe Clark, Pierre Trudeau, John Turner, Brian Mulroney, and Kim Campbell were granted arms with the augmentation.

The 1986 creation of the Reform Party of Canada attracted some of the neo-liberals and social conservatives away from the Tory party, and as some of the neoconservative policies of the Mulroney government proved unpopular, some of the provincial-rights elements moved towards Reform as well.

In 1993, Mulroney resigned, rather than fight an election based on his record after almost nine years in power.

Right Honourable Men: The Descent of Canadian Politics from Macdonald to Mulroney ( 1994 ), pp. 123 – 184.

** The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, led by Brian Mulroney, wins 211 seats in the House of Commons, forming the largest majority government in Canadian history.

* September 17 – Brian Mulroney is sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada.

* February 24 – Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney resigns amidst political and economic turmoil.

* April 30 – Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the Provincial Premiers agree on principle to the Meech Lake Accord which would bring Quebec into the constitution.

* January 30 – Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney shuffles his cabinet, appointing 6 new ministers and re-assigning the responsibilities of 19 others.

** U. S. President Bush meets Canadian prime minister Mulroney in Ottawa, laying the groundwork for the Acid Rain Treaty of 1991.