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1999 in Canada

Events from the year 1999 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Premiers

Events

January to June

July to December

  • July 27 – Nova Scotia election: The Conservatives win a majority government in Nova Scotia.
  • August 16 – John Hamm becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Russell MacLellan.
  • August 20 – The Supreme Court rules that Quebec cannot secede unilaterally, but that Canada is obliged to recognize a clear "yes" vote.
  • August 20 – Eaton's files for bankruptcy.
  • August 24 – Onex announces a plan to buy and merge Air Canada and Canadian Airlines.
  • August 25 – Dan Miller, as interim leader of the NDP, becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Glen Clark who resigned on the 21st.
  • September 15 – Louise Arbour appointed to the Supreme Court replacing Antonio Lamer.
  • September 19 – Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP wins only a minority but forms a coalition with the Liberals to maintain control of the Legislative Assembly.
  • September 25 – The federal government refuses requests for aid by the six remaining Canadian NHL franchises.
  • October 5 – Gary Doer of the NDP becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Gary Filmon of the Conservatives.
  • October 7 – Adrienne Clarkson becomes Governor General.
  • October 8 – Bill Clinton dedicates the new Embassy of the United States in Ottawa.
  • October 15 – Robert Mundell wins the Nobel Prize for economics.
  • October 19 – Air Canada, backed by other airlines, announces a takeover bid for Canadian Airlines.
  • November 3 – Beverley McLachlin becomes the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.
  • November 5 – A Quebec court decides that Onex's bid for Air Canada is illegal.
  • November 5 – Quebec sign law is overturned.
  • November 21 – Nimiq 1 Canada's first direct broadcast digital TV satellite launched by a Proton-K Blok DM-3 rocket from the Tyuratam launch centre in Kazakhstan.
  • December 8 – Air Canada takes over Canadian Airlines.
  • December 11 – The verdict in the Just Desserts shooting case is handed down. Two of the accused are found guilty, the third is acquitted.
  • December 14 – Montreal resident Ahmed Ressam is arrested in Seattle and found with large quantities of explosives.

Arts and literature

New works

Awards

Music

Television

  • September 13 – The first episode of the children's series Mona the Vampire is broadcast on YTV

Sport

Births

Full date unknown

Deaths

January to March

April to June

July to December

See also

References