Since the formation of Canada in 1867, much of the relationship has been based on two distinct linguistic groups: Francophones and Anglophones. Despite the colonization of Canada centuries before and the nation-to-nation agreements that preceded and followed the formation of Canada, First Nations peoples have been part of the Canadian periphery. The achievement of the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accord are examples of the continued position of First Nations peoples in the hinterland of Canadian political and legal action. This conduct of affairs hampered the initial “nation-to-nation” agreements that had been created for the supposed benefit of both states. Regardless of these previous stipulations, the Canadian government, both provincial and federal, has left First Nations people in the dark, without any recognition, without their own legal and political mechanisms. Thus, the Meech Lake Accord and the Charlottetown Accords were direct attacks by the Canadian government on the treaties of First Nations peoples and their rights and freedoms as dictated by the Constitution of Canada. Both agreements, Meech Lake and Charlottetown, were in direct defiance of past relationships. between Canada and First Nations peoples, so to understand the effects of these agreements, it is important to understand the pretext that preceded the new constitutional arrangement under the Trudeau administration. Canada is a country based on colonialism through the countries of France and England. For centuries, this duality was strictly recognized rather than an overall vision of Canada as three distinct nations living in harmony. Quite simply because the First Nations people seemed nomadic......amidst the paper conflicts and the Meech Lake Accord. In Competing Constitutional Visions (pp. 11-19). Toronto: Carswell Co. Ltd. Dickason, D.L. (2011). Visions of the heart. Don Mills: Oxford University Press. Johnston, R. (1993). A reverse logbook: the Charlottetown Accord and the referendum. Political Science and Politics, 43-48. Murphy, M.A. (2008). Representing Indigenous self-determination. University of Toronto Law Journal, 58(2), 185-216.Peach, I. (2011). The power of a single feather. Journal of Constitutional Studies, 1-19. Smith, J. (nd). Political vision and constitutional agreement of 1987. Venne, S. (2011). Treaty Aboriginal Peoples and the Charlottetown Accord: The message on the breeze. Constitutional Forum, 43-46. Whyte, J.D. (1988). The 1987 constitutional agreement and ethnic accommodation. In Competing Constitutional Visions (pp. 263-270). Toronto: Carswell Co. Ltd...