 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Bato reLiberals rakanga rawanazve mukurumbira wenyika nokutungamirira rutivi rwaKwete kukunda muhurukuro yavanhu vose yeQuebec ya1980uye bumbiro remitemo rehurumende. Nepo Trudeaus National Energy Program yakanga isingafarirwi zvikuru muWestern Canada, kunyanya Alberta, yakakwanisa kusimbisa rutsigiro rweRusununguko muVhoti-vapfumi Eastern Canada, kunyanya Ontario neQuebec, kazhinji ine mhedzisiro inopesana neClarks yakatemerwa mutero wegasi. Mabhajeti akaoma uye kuderera kwehupfumi kwakakonzera kuti kufarirwa kwaTrudeau kuderere mushure mekudzoka kubva ku1982 Constitution patriation uye kwakaratidza bato rake rakananga kukundwa chaiko kutanga kwa1984, zvichimukurudzira kuenda pamudyandigere. Zvisinei, Clark akanga asingakwanisi kuramba ari mutungamiri weProgressive Conservative kwenguva yakareba zvakakwana kuti awanezve Prime Ministership. 