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Key Events of the period
April 1980—The CF-18 Hornet is chosen as Canada’s new
fighter aircraft.
March 1985—Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan sign NAADM
Agreement at the “Shamrock Summit”.
December 1986—Responsibility for DCC transferred to
Minister of Public Works from the Minister of National Defence.
Aerial view of the new Ship Repair Unit
at the dockyard at CFB Esquimalt, British
Columbia, 1991
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