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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)
Edward Whelan, [The Quebec Conference], The Examiner (7 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec Conference] (10 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec Conference] (11 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec Conference] (12 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec Conference] (13 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec Conference] (14 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec Conference] (15 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec Conference] (16 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec Conference] (17 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec Conference] (18 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec Conference] (19 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec Conference] (20-21 October 1864) Edward Whelan, [Quebec… Read more COLLECTION: Hon. Edward Whelan’s (PEI) Informal Record at the Quebec Conference (October 1864) →
Despatch from Viscount Monck to Right Hon. Edward Cardwell (23 September 1864) Despatch from Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to Viscount Monck (14 October 1864) Despatch from Viscount Monck to Right Hon. Edward Cardwell (7 November 1864) Letter from John A. Macdonald to Charles Tupper (14 November 1864) Despatch from the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P. to Viscount Monck (3 December 1864) Despatch from the Duke of Newcastle to the Earl of Mulgrave (6 July 1862) Despatch from Viscount Monck to Lieutenant Governor Dundas (23 December 1864) Despatch from Viscount Monck… Read more COLLECTION: Confederation Despatches (1862-1867) →