1990 In Canada

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INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Jeanne Sauvé then Ray Hnatyshyn

Prime Minister - Brian Mulroney

Premier Of Alberta - Don Getty

Premier Of British Columbia - Bill Vander Zalm

Premier Of Manitoba - Gary Filmon

Premier Of New Brunswick - Frank McKenna

Premier Of Newfoundland - Clyde Wells

Premier Of Nova Scotia - John Buchanan then Roger Bacon

Premier Of Ontario - David Peterson then Bob Rae

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - Joe Ghiz

Premier Of Quebec - Robert Bourassa

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Grant Devine

EVENTS

January 5 - 1300 jobs are lost in Newfoundland when Fishery Products International decides to close three plants

January 15 - Massive cuts to VIA Rail come into effect leading to the rerouting of '' The Canadian '' and many intercity trains

January 24 - The Tories introduce legislation that would create the GST , a national Sales Tax

January 24 - Jean Charest resigns from cabinet after he was found to have spoken with a judge

January 29 - Ramon John Hnatyshyn replaces Jeanne Sauvé as Governor General

February - The federal government announces that it will privatize Petro-Canada ; the legislation to do so is introduced in October.

February 12 - A massive Tire Fire begins near Hagersville, Ontario . It takes 15 days to put out.

March 6 - The National Gallery Of Canada acquires Barnett Newman 's '' Voice Of Fire '' for $1.8 million causing a storm of controversy

March 9 - Newfoundland And Labrador Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord

March 11 - The Oka Crisis begins

March 15 - The federal government decides that Sikh s may wear Turban s while serving as RCMP officers

March 22 - Canadian arms designer Gerald Bull is assassinated in Brussels , probably by Mossad

May 12 The Bloc Québécois Party is formed as several MPs led by Lucien Bouchard quit the Tories and Liberals

June 12 - Elijah Harper prevents Manitoba accepting the Meech Lake Accord

June 23 - Meech Lake Accord officially dead

September 6 - Bob Rae 's NDP wins a surprise majority in Ontario .

September 12 - Roger Bacon becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing John Buchanan

September 26 - Oka crisis ends peacefully

September 27 - Brian Mulroney temporarily increases the size of the Senate to ensure passage of the GST

October 1 - Bob Rae become premier of Ontario, replacing David Peterson

November 1 - Mulroney launches the Citizen's Forum On Canada's Future to get Canadians' input on constitutional reform

December 17 - The GST becomes law

Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup four games to one over the Boston Bruins . It is their fifth cup in seven years.

Doug Flutie returns to Canada to play with the British Columbia Lions

Canada Post Systems Management Limited founded

Jean Chrétien elected leader of the opposition Liberals

Richard Taylor wins the Nobel Prize In Physics for verifying the Quark Theory

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New Works

''Swann'' by Carol Shields published

''The Evening News'' by Arthur Hailey

'' A Tenured Professor '' by John Kenneth Galbraith

''TekWar'' by William Shatner

''Magic Casement'' by Dave Duncan

''Golden Fleece'' by Robert J. Sawyer

''Medicine River'' by Thomas King

''The Magic Machine: A Handbook of Computer Sorcery'' by Alexander Dewdney

''Whylah Falls'' by George Elliott Clarke

''The Wild Blue Yonder'' by Audrey Thomas

''L'Oursiade'' by Antonine Maillet

See 1990 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''The Missing Child''

, ''The Sky Is Falling''

, ''Stalin's Carnival''

, ''The Mad and Beautiful Mothers''

, ''According to Jake and the Kid''

, ''Friend of My Youth''

BIRTHS

DEATHS

January 7 - Bronko Nagurski , American Football player

March 22 - Gerald Bull , arms expert

April 11 - Harold Ballard , owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs

July 18 - Johnny Wayne , comedian

July 18 - Gerry Boulet , Quebec rock singer ( Offenbach )

August 25 - Morley Callaghan , writer

October 30 - Craig Russell , Female Impersonator

November 7 - Hugh MacLennan , writer

November 16 - Northern Dancer , racehorse

Robert Markle , painter

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