As Brexit rolls through Britain and Impeachment rolls through US politics, I thought it was time to revisit our own Charlottetown Accord and referendums. As the current Trudeau navigates the dirty water of politics, I thought a look at where he came from might be in order. I was there, I remember but it doesn't hurt to refresh the memory. An interesting point is that on the end papers of this book I wrote: The Charlottetown Accord was defeated (Trudeau was fighting to have it defeated) 54.3% No, 45.7% Yes. New Brunswick, Ontario, PEI, NWT and Newfoundland voted Yes. All the rest including Quebec voted No. This was in 1992. Three years later Canada held a referendum on separation of Quebec and that vote was 50.58% No, 49.42% Yes. Most of Canada's population voted against an agreement endorsed by every first minister and most other political groups. This stinging rebuke of the political class was followed up with an election that turfed all the political party leaders who supported the Yes vote. (less) ( )