1995 in Canada

1995 in Canada

See also: 1994 in Canada, other events of 1995, 1996 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Table of contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and Literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

Incumbents

Prime Minister - Jean Chretien
Governor General - Ray Hnatyshyn then Romeo LeBlanc
Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein
Premier of British Columbia - Mike Harcourt
Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon
Premier of New Brunswick - Frank McKenna
Premier of Newfoundland - Clyde Wells
Premier of Nova Scotia - John Savage
Premier of Ontario - Bob Rae then Mike Harris
Premier of Prince Edward Island - Catherine Calbeck
Premier of Quebec - Jacques Parizeau
Premier of Saskatchewan - Roy Romanow

Events

January 5 - Rogers Communication withdraws an unpopular retroactive billing system after widescale consumer protest
January 7 - The opening of Parliament is televised for the first time
January 18 - A video of the Canadian Airborne Regiment's brutal hazing rituals is made public
January 23 - As a result of the Somalia Affair and the video the Airborne Regiment is disbanded
January 23 - Guy Paul Morin's conviction for murder that had seen him jailed for 11 years is overturned
February 21 - The inquiry into the April 1994 uprising in the Kingston Women's Prison rules that authorities used excessive force in putting it down
February 23 - American President Bill Clinton address Parliament
March 9 - As part of Brian Tobin's Turbot War Canadian officials seize the Spanish trawler the Estai
March 15 - Former Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan is charged with child abuse
March 18-March 27 - A major rail strike occurs, the workers are eventually legislatied back to work
March 20 - Erichs Tobias is accused of war crimes
March 27 - Bell Canada announces major job cuts
March 31 - Perrin Beatty appointed head of the CBC
April - Chapters is officially incorporated
April 5 - Mark Chahal kills 10 people in Vernon, British Columbia
April 9 - Steve Stavro buys Maple Leaf Gardens from Harold Ballard's estate
April 16 the Turbot War ends as Canada and the European Union reach an agreement
April 26 - Direct to home sattelite televsion is made legal in Canada
May 9 - The law against homosexual adoption is struck down
May 18 - The trial of Paul Bernardo begins
May 25 - The Supreme Court rules that discrimination against homosexuals is unconstitutional
May 31 - The RCMP announce a $1,000,000 reward in Air India flight 182 case and restarts its investigation.
June 6 - Labatt is sold to a Belgian company
June 8 - Ontario election: Mike Harris's PCs win a majority, defeating Bob Rae's NDP
June 9 - Floods in Medicine Hat, Alberta force the evactuation of over 5000 people
June 13 - A strict new gun control law is paased banning most handguns and forcing all rifles to be registered
June 15-June 17 - The G-7 meet in Halifax, Nova Scotia
June 21 - Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP win a second consecutive majority
June 28 - Mike Harris becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Bob Rae
July 17 - Christine Silverberg becomes Canada's first female police chief when she is promoted to that position in Calgary
July 20 - In Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto the Supreme Court upholds Canada's largest ever libel award
July 27 - Thomson Corp agrees to sell 27 Canadian newspapers to Holinger Inc
August 2 - Popular Ottawa sportscaster Brian Smith is shot and killed
August 11 - The first ever fatal accident aboard a Toronto Transit Commission subway kills three
September 1 - Paul Bernardo is found guilty of the kinapping, rape, and murder of Leslie Mohafy and Christian French
September 6 - The government announces plans to sell off most of its remaining holdings in Petro-Canada
October 14 - Alexa McDonough is elected head of the NDP, replacing Audrey McLaughlin
October 26 - The [[Cree] of Quebec hold a plebicite voting overwhelmingly to stay in Canada
October 27 - A massive rally is held in Montreal by the No side in the referendum
October 30 - The 1995 Quebec referendum is held on separation. The No side narrowly wins.
October 31 - Newfoundland passes a constitutional amendment to overall its school system
November 4 - Radarsat, Canada's first observation satellite is launched
November 5 - Andre Dallaire breaks into 24 Sussex Drive, the Prime Minister fends him off with an Inuit sculpture
November 5 - Paul Bernardo is declared a dangerous offender, meaning he will be ineligible for parole
November 15 - British Columbia premier announces his resignation ebcause of the bingogate scandal.
November 20 - Former PM Brian Mulroney sues the government over the Airbus Affair
November 22 - Don Morin becomes premier of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nellie Cournoyea
November 23 - Jean Cretien unveils a consitutional change that would give each of Canada's four regions a consitutional veto. The west complains that it deserves more than one
November 28 - Canadian National Railway is privatized
December - Representatives of aboriginal peoples gather and issue the Sacred Assembly Proclamation; from this was developed the Reconciliation Proclamation and the Statement of Principles and Priorities.
December 6 - The Twonie is introduced
December 6 - Canada agress to send 1000 peacekeepers to Bosnia
December 7 - The Montreal Canadiens trade Patrick Roy to the Colorado Avalanche
December 11 - Voters in what will become Nunavut select Iqaluit as the capital of the new territory
December 20 - Lt. Gen Jean Boyle becomes Chief of the Defence Staff
December 21 - The Krever Comission holds its final hearings
December 28 - Premier of Newfoundland Clyde Wells announces his retirment