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OCR: THE CONSTITUTION Hoping to end Quebec constitutional REFERENDUM premiers grievances, negotiated Mulroney the Meech the Lake provincial Accord in 1987 Led by Pierre Trudeau, resistance to the deal gradually increased Manitoba and Newfoundland failed to ratify the Accord by the June 1990 deadline Mulroney role in the collapse of Meech Lake badly tarnished his credibility After many commissions and negotiations, second set of constitutional proposals the Charlottetown Accord went to a national referendum. Although endorsed by the three major national parties the voters rejected it in 1992 By that time Mulroney's popularit in the polls was lower than any Prime Minister 's in history BIOGRAPHY 6 of