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Canada: Robert Fowler briefing for Trudeau (“Patriation, the UK: Notes for Question Period (update)”) [MT assuring Trudeau HMG would apply the whip to patriation legislation] [declassified 2013]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Canadian Privy Council Office: Access to Information Request A-2013-00042
Editorial comments: Fowler was Trudeau’s private secretary responsible for foreign affairs, the equivalent of John Coles. Released in 2013 following an Access to Information Request to the Privy Council Office, which holds the archives of the Canadian Prime Minister. Read other selected documents from this release. A copy of the full release can be requested from the Privy Council Office or from this site. Material on this site relating to patriation of the Canadian constitution can be read here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: British Constitution (general discussions), Executive, Commonwealth (general), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA)