Round 10: Tossup 8

A military scandal in this decade was caused by two peacekeepers’ murder of the teenager Shidane Arone. In this decade, the nickname “B.S. Tax” was given to a proposed overhaul of the new GST. In this decade, Preston Manning and the Reform Party campaigned against a constitutional amendment, the second to propose recognizing one region as a “distinct society.” (-5[1])A federal election in this decade saw the first participation of the Bloc Québécois (“keb-eh-kwah”) and featured an ad that appeared to attack a party leader’s Bell’s palsy. The Charlottetown Accord (10[1])failed in this decade, after which the Progressive Conservatives lost all but two of their seats in Parliament under the leadership of Kim Campbell. (10[1])For 10 points, name this decade in which Canada entered NAFTA. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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