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Orders-in-Council Laying Out the Prerogatives / Functions of the Prime Minister May 1, 1896 July 13, 1896 October 10, 1911 July 19, 1920 August 7, 1930 October 25, 1935
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Note: These documents are discussed in an article that has been recently submitted to a peer-review journal. COLLECTION: Special Joint Committee on the Constitution of Canada (November 1980- February 1981), including Final Report (February) January 9-12, 1981: Briefing Book for Clause by Clause Consideration of the Resolution Memorandum for the Prime Minister: The NDP Position on the Constitution: Premier Blakeney and the NDP Caucus (January 16, 1981) Memorandum for the Prime Minister: Further Amendments to the Constitutional Resolution (January 18, 1981) Possible Amendments by New Democrats to Joint Resolution January… Read more COLLECTION: Drafts and Proceedings from the Special Joint Committee on the Constitution (1980-1981) →
Memorandum from Roger Tassé to Jean Chrétien re Charter of Rights incl. Drafts of Aboriginal Rights Clause (19 December 1980) Letter from R. Roy McMurtry to Jean Chrétien [re Aboriginal and Treaty Rights] (7 May 1981) Letter from Jean Chrétien to Roy McMurtry re Aboriginal and Treaty Rights (n.d. – prob. May 1981) Telex from Roy Romanow to Jean Chrétien & Allan Blakeney re Proposed Constitutional Changes (18 November 1981) Telex from Roy Romanow to Jean Chrétien re Proposed Constitutional Changes (18 November 1981) (Telex) Statement from Premier Lougheed to… Read more COLLECTION: Discussions and Drafts [Aboriginal and Treaty Rights] of the Constitution Act, 1982 (1980-1981) →
Constitutional Conference, Proceedings (10-12 February 1969) Constitutional Conference, Conclusions of the Meeting (10-12 February 1969) Constitutional Conference, Federal Delegation Conference Material (10-12 February 1969) Constitutional Conference, Federal Delegation Conference Material (10-12 February 1969) Constitutional Conference, External Relations (10-12 February 1969) Constitutional Conference, External Relations and External Aid (10-12 February 1969) Constitutional Conference, Recent Developments in Federal Provincial Relations (10-12 February 1969) Constitutional Conference, Federal Briefing Papers (10-12 February 1969) Constitutional Conference, Federal Briefing Papers (10-12 February 1969) Constitutional Conference, Broadcasting and Satellite Communications (10-12 February 1969) Federal Provincial Constitutional Conference,… Read more COLLECTION: Constitutional Conference (10-12 February 1969) →
Constitutional Conference, Proceedings (5-7 February 1968) Constitutional Conference, Consensus on Language Rights (5-7 February 1968) Constitutional Conference, Federalism for the Future (5-7 February 1968) Canadian Intergovernmental Conference, Brief on the Constitution (5-7 February 1968) Federal-Provincial Conference on Constitutional Matters, Submission of the Province of Nova Scotia on Questions of Regional Disparity (5-7 February 1968)