During the early 1980s Canadian society began to be troubled by its relationship with Quebec, it seemed more isolated than ever. After being promised a deal following the separation referendum and seeing no development, it seemed they were more bitter and angry than ever. They could not be forced to sign the Constitution Act of 1982, so there was a lot of pressure for the federal government to find a quick solution to losing Quebec or finally gaining it. Brian Mulroney was elected in 1984 and set himself the personal goal of uniting Quebec with the rest of Canada. Mulroney planned to complete this task by opening up the constitution and satisfying Quebec's various demands, as well as repairing other flaws that seemed to be dragging the country down. He invited the premiers of each province to Meech Lake to discuss Quebec's needs in order to convince them to officially sign the constitution and merge with Canada. At first the ideas that emerged from Meech Lake were welcomed with open arms, and Mulroney was praised for his negotiations. That was until a former prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, published an article criticizing Mulroney and accusing him of the stupidity and irrational deals made in the Meech Lake Agreement. It is argued that Trudeau's arguments about the negative aspects of the agreement are what destroyed the Meech Lake agreement. Trudeau argued that Mulroney's ideas would completely change Canadian federalism due to changing provincial and federal powers and would ruin Canada. Due to the change in public opinion that followed after Trudeau expressed his thoughts, Mulroney and Trudeau were now on opposite sides of the issue, both fighting for two different visions of Canada. ...... middle of paper ...... in the early 1900's the Senate proved to be a huge pain and problem. People in the West hated it because they were underrepresented in the Senate compared to smaller provinces like the Maritime Provinces. Mulroney promised to hold further discussions on Senate reform. He said provinces could have a role in appointments just like the new law for the Supreme Court. The federal government would have less control over who sits in the Senate and more power would be given to the provinces. This would change the type of federalism Canada has practiced since the beginning. The provinces should not be formally represented in the Senate, the federal and provincial governments should be separate institutions. Mulroney agreed to try Senate reform to attract the West and explained to the East that they would discuss fisheries issues.