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Canada: Kirby memorandum for Pitfield (“The Release of the UK Government’s Constitutional White Paper”) [to our advantage to press British Government to release very soon] [declassified 2013]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Canadian Privy Council Office: Access to Information Request A-2013-00042
Editorial comments: Michael Pitfield was Canadian Cabinet Secretary, Kirby was Trudeau’s chief adviser on constitutional questions. 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. Material on this site relating to patriation of the Canadian constitution can be read here.
Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: British Constitution (general discussions), Executive, Commonwealth (general), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA)