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PREM19/143
Canada (UK/Canadian relations: patriation of the Canadian constitution) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2010 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 248
Any docs withheld? 1

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81 Mar 11 We Major Canada: Garneau minute for Kirby (“Constitution Debate”) [options for ending it by closure, with Kirby memo attached] [declassified 2013]
80 Oct 3 Fr Major Canada: Gilmour minute to MT ("British North America Acts 1867-1964") [parliamentary arrangements for the patriation of the Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2010]
81 May 25 Mo Major Canada: Hurley minute for Cameron (“Strategic planning and the constitution”) [fitting it into broader federal-provincial relations strategy] [declassified 2013]
81 Apr 3 Fr Major 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]
81 Apr 28 Tu Major Canada: Kirby minute for Pitfield (“The Prime Minister’s Proposed Meeting with Mrs Thatcher”) [continues to think it would be a mistake prior to Supreme Court deciding] [declassified 2013]
81 Mar 2 Mo Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (draft response to Kershaw report) [cover note only] [declassified 2013]
81 Feb 17 Tu Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (government options on eve of constitutional resolution debate) [“think piece”] [declassified 2013]
81 Feb 16 Mo Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (meeting of the six provincial Premiers) [they think they have the federal government on the ropes] [declassified 2013]
81 Apr 6 Mo Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Assessment of the Government’s Current Constitutional Position”) [decisive role of the Supreme Court - strategize accordingly] [declassified 2013]
81 Mar 5 Th Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Elements of a London Strategy”) [aim to pass bill through Westminster by July] [declassified 2013]
81 Feb 23 Mo Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Follow Up to Last Week’s Memorandum on Constitutional Options”) [update from events] [declassified 2013]
81 Feb 11 We Minor Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Issues relating to the constitutional resolution”) [London strategy] [declassified 2013]
81 Jun 22 Mo Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Patriation: The Situation in London”) [HMG has decided its best interests as well as Canada’s served by earliest possible action] [declassified 2013]
81 Mar 5 Th Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Renvoi à la Cour d’appel du Québec sur le projet de résolution”) [declassified 2013]
81 Feb 2 Mo Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Strategic Questions Relating to the Constitution”) [short-term stance/image & summary of work being done by officials] [declassified 2013]
81 May 6 We Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“The Constitution - the London Perspective”) [Trudeau: “I would still plan for July 1st … early August is less than ideal”] [declassified 2013]
81 May 29 Fr Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“The Constitution”) [issues following Supreme Court decision] [declassified 2013]
81 Jun 29 Mo Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“The significance of the return of the Chief Justice to Ottawa from July 5 to July 8”) [Registrar of Supreme Court says decision not likely till after 17 Aug] [declassified 2013]
81 Apr 14 Tu Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (“Your meeting with Mrs Jean Wadds [Canadian High Commissioner to London]”) [battle in London “still very important”] [declassified 2013]
81 Feb 9 Mo Minor Canada: Michael Pitfield to Sir Philip Moore (postponed visit) [apologies] [declassified 2013]