Joe Clark didn't try the budget of 1979 that was defeated and hence brought the Trudeau Liberals back into power, resulting in the NEP among other things.
Joe Clark didn't try the budget of 1979 that was defeated and hence brought the Trudeau Liberals back into power, resulting in the NEP among other things.
Turner becomes Liberal leader, Clark holds on as long as possible. He might be able to scrape a majority if enough by-elections are held or can secure an informal pact with the SoCreds.
No NEP, no 1982 Constitution, no spending orgy, no Charter, no Meech... our political history of the past 30 years is almost completely different.