demand that the infringement be minimized. The Accord also recognized that the distinct society clause did not undermine Canada's multiculturalism (protected under section 27 of the Charter) or Aboriginal community (protected under section 25 of the Charter and other constitutional provisions). The Charlottetown Accord The Charlottetown Accord (proposed amendments to the Constitution rejected in 1992) had a so-called "Canada clause" that would have also recognized Quebec as a distinct society. In this Accord, "distinct society" was more clearly defined as including "a French-speaking majority, a unique culture and a civil law tradition", and the Charter was specified as having to be interpreted with this in mind. The 1995 referendum and beyond In the run-up to the 1995 Quebec referendum, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien opposed recognition of Quebec's distinct society until he reversed himself shortly before the independence vote. However, Ontario Premier Mike Harris refused to support a constitutional amendment on the matter. A House of Commons resolution did endorse recognition of Quebec's distinct society. That recognition asked institutions of government "to take note of this recognition and be guided in their conduct accordingly." Since the death of the Meech and Charlottetown accords, the use of the expression has faded, replaced within Quebec with the term nation to describe Quebec, its people, and its state. On November 27, 2006, the federal House of Commons also voted to recognize the Québécois as a nation within Canada. As only a motion of the House, it is not legally binding. Other euphemisms used mainly by federalist nationalists and federalists outside Quebec are different or unique society. The Calgary Declaration of 1997, for example, describes Quebec as "unique". See also Autonomy History of Quebec Politics of Quebec Quebec federalism Quebec sovereigntism References Further reading Burgess, Michael. "Ethnicity, nationalism and identity in Canada‐Quebec relations: The case of Quebec's ‘distinct society’." Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 34.2 (1996): 46-64. Canada. Library of Parliament. Research Branch. "Distinct society: Origins, interpretations, implications." (Library of Parliament, Research Branch, 1995). Denis, Claude. "Quebec-as-distinct-society as conventional wisdom: The constitutional silence of anglo-Canadian sociologists." Canadian Journal of Sociology/Cahiers canadiens de sociologie (1993): 251–269. Harrison, Trevor W., and John W. Friesen. Canadian Society in the Twenty-First Century, 3e: An Historical Sociological Approach (3rd ed. Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2015). Johnston, Richard, and Andre Blais. "Meech Lake and Mass Politics: The'Distinct Society'Clause." Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques (1988): S25-S42. online Politics of Quebec Constitution of