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February
7, 2000
Official
release of the 1969 Cabinet Conclusions and Documents
What
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The National
Archives of Canada is releasing the 1969 Cabinet Conclusions and
Documents corresponding to the twentieth Ministry of the Right
Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau, which lasted from 1968 to 1979.
Subjects of
interest include:
- change
in the role of National Defence and reduction in defence
spending (closure of military bases)
- withdrawal
of troops from NATO
- ongoing
constitutional review
- metric
conversion
- Arctic
sovereignty - voyage of the Manhattan
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passing
of the Official Languages Act
proposed
Indian policy
ongoing
labour unrest (Montreal police and firemen, Vancouver dock
workers, Air Canada employees)
commission
on the non-medicinal use of drugs (LeDain Commission)
discussion
of site for the Montreal International Airport
When
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Wednesday,
February 9, 2000
9:00 a.m. - noon
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Where
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National
Archives of Canada
395 Wellington Street
Room 129
Ottawa, Ontario |
After this session,
the documents will continue to be accessible for a period of two weeks in
the main reading room of the National Archives. All media representatives
will have to register for a research pass in the main lobby at the
Information and Registration desk in order to consult them. The desk is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.
For more information
please contact:
Pauline Portelance
Media Relations Officer
Telephone: (613) 996-6128
E-mail: media@lac-bac.gc.ca
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