1995 in Canada

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

Contents

1 Incumbents

2 Events

3 Arts and Literature

3.1 New Books

3.1.1 Awards

3.2 Music
3.3 Television
3.4 Film

4 Births

5 Deaths

Incumbents

Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien
Governor General - Ray Hnatyshyn then Roméo LeBlanc

Events

January 5 - Rogers Communications 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 11 - The Globe and Mail publishes an investigative piece by Gerald Hannon, alleging that Julian Fantino's "Project Guardian" child pornography investigation in London, Ontario is a deliberately falsified attempt to harass members of the city's gay community
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 legislated 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 satellite television 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 - Egan v. Canada - Supreme Court of Canada rules that sexual orientation is a prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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 Hollinger Inc.
August 1 - Popular Ottawa sportscaster Brian Smith is shot in the parking lot of CJOH by escaped mental patient Jeffrey Arenburg; Smith dies in hospital the following day.
August 11 - The first ever fatal accident aboard a Toronto Transit Commission subway kills three
September 1 - Paul Bernardo is found guilty of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen 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 plebiscite 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 overhaul its school system
November 4 - Radarsat, Canada's first observation satellite is launched
November 5 - André 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 11 - Journalist Judy Steed, in a conference speech, attacks the chair of Ryerson University's journalism program for employing Gerald Hannon as a part-time instructor; the controversy spans the next three weeks.
November 15 - British Columbia premier announces his resignation because 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 Chrétien unveils a law that would give each of Canada's four regions a constitutional 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 Toonie is introduced
December 6 - Canada agrees 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 Commission holds its final hearings
December 28 - Premier of Newfoundland Clyde Wells announces his retirement