Calgary Declaration

<p>The Calgary Declaration , also known as the Calgary Accord (<a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French</a>: <i>Accord de Calgary</i>), was an agreement made between most premiers of the <a href="/facts/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada/k3o89TLx">provinces and territories of Canada</a> regarding how to approach future <a href="/facts/Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Canada/m9ogrl0D">amendments to the Constitution</a>.  It was signed in <a href="/facts/Calgary/DrFtRbEH">Calgary</a>, <a href="/facts/Alberta/PjKJFbJY">Alberta</a>, on September 14, 1997, by all <a href="/facts/Canadians/9y5ceYgk">Canadian</a> premiers and territorial leaders except <a href="/facts/Quebec/4hhNvb4t">Quebec</a>'s <a href="/facts/Lucien_Bouchard/K3h8tcjT">Lucien Bouchard</a>.  The Declaration had followed controversial and divisive <a href="/facts/Constitutional_debate_in_Canada/HzxMrItG">constitutional debate in Canada</a> seen during the <a href="/facts/Patriation/ppuSXoYk">patriation</a> of the Constitution in 1982, and the subsequent collapse of the <a href="/facts/Meech_Lake_Accord/cKqmV9Kk">Meech Lake</a> and <a href="/facts/Charlottetown_Accord/UARw0uCb">Charlottetown Accords</a>.
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Calgary Declaration