| Canada - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Canada (4111 words) |
 | In 1947 residents of Canada became ‘Canadian citizens’ as well as British subjects, and Canada was declared to be of equal status to Great Britain within the Commonwealth. |
| The position was resolved with the passing of the Constitution Act 1982, the last piece of UK legislation to have force in Canada. |
| In 1983 Clark was replaced as leader of the Progressive Conservatives by Brian Mulroney, a corporate lawyer who had never run for public office, and in 1984 Trudeau retired to be replaced as Liberal Party leader and prime minister by John Turner, a former minister of finance. |
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