1991 In Canada

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INCUMBENTS

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Ray Hnatyshyn

Prime Minister - Brian Mulroney

Premier Of Alberta - Don Getty

Premier Of British Columbia - Bill Vander Zalm then Rita Johnston then Michael Harcourt

Premier Of Manitoba - Gary Filmon

Premier Of New Brunswick - Frank McKenna

Premier Of Newfoundland - Clyde Wells

Premier Of Nova Scotia - Roger Bacon then Donald Cameron

Premier Of Ontario - Bob Rae

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - Joe Ghiz

Premier Of Quebec - Robert Bourassa

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Grant Devine then Roy Romanow

EVENTS

January 1 - The Goods And Services Tax comes into effect

January 15 - Canadian Forces begin their participation in the Persian Gulf War

January 29 - The Allaire Committee releases its report on Canada's Constitution - it recommends sweeping changes such as the abolition of the Senate .

attacks and causes irreparable damage to an Iraq i warship.

February 9 - Donald Cameron becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Roger Bacon

February 27 - Gulf War : Iraq agrees to a cease-fire ending the conflict

April 2 - Rita Johnston becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Bill Vander Zalm

April 22 - Joe Clark is appointed Minister Of Constitutional Affairs

May - George Erasmus , leader of the Assembly Of First Nations , resigns and is succeeded by Ovide Mercredi

May 14 MP John Nunziata alleges the RCMP know who bombed the Air-India Flight 182 but didn't have evidence needed for prosecution.

June 15 - Paul Bernardo kidnaps, rapes, and murders Leslie Mahaffy

June 19 The Dobbie-Castonguay Commission is created to look into changes to the constitution.

July 3 - The process leading to the Privatization of Petro-Canada is begun

September 24 - Dobbie-Castonguay Commission recommends an elected Senate, and recognizing Quebec as a distinct society.

's NDP win a majority, defeating Grant Devine 's PCs

November 1 - Roy Romanow becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Grant Devine

November 5 - Michael Harcourt becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Rita Johnston

November 14 - Nellie Cournoyea becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing Dennis Patterson

Jean-Bertrand Aristide , the President of Haiti , was visiting Canada and was warmly welcomed by the large Haitian community in Montreal , where he had studied at the Université De Montréal .

Julius Alexander Isaac is named Chief Justice of the Federal Court Of Canada . He becomes the first Black Chief Justice in Canada

David Schindler of the University Of Alberta wins the first international Stockholm Water Prize for environmental research.

Ferguson Jenkins becomes the first Canadian ever elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame

Canadian Peacekeepers begin a five year deployment to El Salvador

Canadian observers are sent to Western Sahara

News media: '' Eye Weekly '' created

ARTS AND LITERATURE

:New Works

Rohinton Mistry - ''Such a Long Journey''

Margaret Atwood - ''Wilderness Tips''

Dave Duncan - ''Faery Lands Forlorn''

Hume Cronyn - ''A Terrible Liar''

Spider Robinson - ''Starseed''

See 1991 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''Lives of the Saints''

, ''Radiant Life Forms''

, ''The Sign of the Scales''

, ''The Small Words in My Body''

, ''Waiting in the Rain''

, ''Wilderness Tips''

Atom Egoyan 's '' The Adjuster '' is released

'' is released. It is the year's highest grossing film

Trevor Pinnock becomes director of the National Arts Centre Orchesta

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Jean-Paul Mousseau , muralist

Maryon Pearson , wife of Lester B. Pearson

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