Sub-series consists of a register of Cabinet documents; Briefing memoranda from Clerk of the Privy Council and the Secretary of Cabinet; Briefing memoranda received from various sources; Correspondence to and from the Prime Minister; Cabinet Ministers; Provincial Premiers; Presidents and CEO's of Canadian Companies; Outgoing correspondence from Mazankowski as President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada to Cabinet Ministers; Agendas for the Special Committee of Council Meetings; Memoranda to the Prime Minister; Agendas and briefing documents for Ad Hoc meetings; Exempt staff notes; Copies of Cabinet Documents; Reference material; Clippings; Briefing Books.
The issues documented are: Governor in Council appointments; Government House Leader - Operations; Special Committee of Council; Cabinet Committee- Priorities and Planning; Western Procurement. Issues documented by government department are: Communications: Stentor Telecom Policy Inc., Satellite Broadcasting, Show Cable system Ltd.; Employment and Immigration: Tamils; Energy Mines and Resources: Canmet, Gas exports to California, alcohol additives, Quintette Coal Ltd.; Environment: Diashowa, Canadian Petroleum Association; Finance: defaulted loans; Fisheries and Oceans: Atlantic Fisheries; Indian Affairs and Northern Developments: Land Claims, Council for Yukon Indians; Industry, Science and Technology; National Advisory Board (NABST); Labour: Funding restructuring.
Other issues documented relate to the following: Public Service Commission: pension reform, regional industrial expansion, oilseed initiatives, Investment Canada; Secretary of State: Literacy; Ministries of State: Canadian Wheat Board, international trade, free trade, lumber exports, seniors, Royal Canadian Mint; Transport: Contracts, Northumberland Straits, CN new locomotives, National Transportation Act, airports, air services, Western Economic Diversification, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; Federal Provincial Territorial Relations: Compensation for Manitoba forest fires, Manitoba Southern Development, Alberta (Fisheries Act).
