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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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80 Sep 18 Th Major Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(80) 33rd (Foreign Affairs Council, The Economic Situation, Commission Directive under Article 90 of the Treaty of Rome, etc) [declassified 2010]
81 Jun 16 Tu Major Canada: ?Kirby briefing for Trudeau (“Your meeting with Lord Moran, Tuesday 16 June 1981 at 15H10”; also note of meeting) [no problems with the British if Supreme Court rules favourably] [declassified 2013]
81 Jun 17 We Major Canada: ?Kirby minute (“Comments on Quebec Document entitled Background Brief No.6”) [“in many places borders on dishonesty”] [declassified 2013]
80 Oct 3 Fr Major Canada: Agent General for Quebec, Gilles Loiselle letter to MT (patriation of Canadian Constitution) [Quebecois Government will "oppose with every means at its command any attempt by the federal government of Canada to patriate the Constitution unilaterally"] [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 31 Fr Major Canada: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution") [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 9 Th Major Canada: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Patriation of the Canadian Constitution") [MT: “The most dangerous prospect of all would be to substitute our judgement for that of the elected Govt of Canada”] [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 14 Tu Major Canada: Armstrong minute to Alexander ("Patriation of Canadian Constitution") [declassified 2010]
80 Sep 29 Mo Major Canada: Armstrong minute to Alexander (patriation of the Canadian Constitution) [discusses possible unilateral request for patriation with Canadian Cabinet Secretary] [declassified 2010]
80 Mar 11 Tu Major Canada: British Consul-General in Quebec to UK High Commissioner (“Reflections after 18 months in French Canada”) [independent Quebec viable, but expects separation to be avoided] [declassified 2010]
81 Mar 4 We Major Canada: Canadian High Commission in London memorandum (“The mood in London”) [put on “maximum of pressure” to pass bill without delay] [declassified 2013]
81 Feb 11 We Minor Canada: David R. Cameron minute to Michael Kirby (“The Constitutional Resolution”) [“Observations from a Slight Distance and Thoughts on Government Tactics”] [declassified 2013]
81 Apr 29 We Major Canada: de Montigny Marchand minute for MacGuigan (“Your meeting with Carrington in Rome”) [case for a meeting as an alternative to Trudeau meeting MT] [declassified 2013]
81 Apr 23 Th Major Canada: de Montigny Marchand minute for Pitfield (“Possible pre-summit meeting of the Prime Minister with Mrs Thatcher”) [Pitfield has doubts; External Affairs makes case for a meeting] [declassified 2013]
81 Jan 19 Mo Major Canada: Department of External Affairs telegram to all posts (“Questions & Answers on Patriation”) [“summary of situation”] [declassified 2013]
81 Apr 13 Mo Major Canada: Ezrin minute for Kirby (“Constitutional Communications Activities - London”) [countering the campaign by the provinces] [declassified 2013]
80 Oct 3 Fr Major Canada: FCO briefing for MT (meeting with Canadian emissaries) [Canadian patriation plan] [declassified 2010]
80 Oct 31 Fr Major Canada: FCO letter to No.10 ("The Canadian Constitution: Meeting on 3 November") [briefing on recent events] [declassified 2010]
80 Sep 30 Tu Major Canada: FCO letter to No.10 (“Canadian emissary”) [Trudeau wants to send emissary to explain patriation proposals] [declassified 2010]
80 Sep 26 Fr Major Canada: FCO to UKHC Ottawa ("Canadian Constitution") [Canadian proposals for repatriation of Canadian Constitution] [declassified 2010]
81 Apr 14 Tu Major Canada: Fred Gibson minute for Kirby (“The Constitutional Resolution: The London Scene”) [need for speed; likely campaign by the provinces] [declassified 2013]