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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 Aug 18 Mo Major Canada: Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada letter to MT (thanks for talk about the constitution) [“extremely useful … gratified to receive your assurances of support”] [released 2011]
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]
80 Mar 27 Th Major Canada: UK High Commissioner despatch to FCO (“Quebec: the approach to the referendum”) [“If Quebec does secede that need not be a disaster for Quebec or our interests”] [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 Oct 3 Fr Major Canada: FCO briefing for MT (meeting with Canadian emissaries) [Canadian patriation plan] [declassified 2010]
81 Jan 19 Mo Major Canada: Department of External Affairs telegram to all posts (“Questions & Answers on Patriation”) [“summary of situation”] [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 Feb 3 Tu Major 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]
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 Feb 17 Tu Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (government options on eve of constitutional resolution debate) [“think piece”] [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 Mar 2 Mo Major Canada: Kirby minute for Trudeau (draft response to Kershaw report) [cover note only] [declassified 2013]
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 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 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 Mar 11 We Major Canada: Garneau minute for Kirby (“Constitution Debate”) [options for ending it by closure, with Kirby memo attached] [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 13 Mo Major Canada: Ezrin minute for Kirby (“Constitutional Communications Activities - London”) [countering the campaign by the provinces] [declassified 2013]
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]
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]