This sub-series comprises 55 files arranged in alphabetical order by names of federal government departments and subject matter. The majority of the records deals with the 1988 time frame. The records dated 1979 to 1987, and 1989 were migrated to this sub-series by Fulton's staff in order to close issues or bring forward ongoing issues. The files document Fulton's actions, activities, role and work as NDP M.P. of Skeena, B.C., and activities with the Canada - United States Inter-Parliamentary Group. Also located in this sub-series are 2 files documenting Fulton's activities as National Advocate on Environment and 1 file documenting his activities as National Advocate on Forestry.
Records types are: incoming correspondence and attachments; Fulton's replies; pamphlets and reports; information material; photocopies of press clippings; Hansards; and news releases for the Deputy Prime Minister's office and Cabinet Ministers' speeches.
Issues documented: AGRICULTURE: Bill C-107, Act respecting plant breeders' rights; food irradiation; Bill C-1333, Amendment to Criminal Code; drought and B.C. water supplies; General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT). B.C. PROVINCIAL ISSUES: Unfair federal taxing; taxes on beer; vehicle registration between B.C., Yukon, Alberta And Alaska. CANADA -UNITED STATES INTER-PARLIAMENTARY GROUP: 29th meeting, May 5-9, 1988. COMMUNICATION: Long distance charges; Bill C-60, Changes to the Copyright legislation; Port Clements Historical Society, CONSTITUENCY ISSUES - Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Queen Charlotte Islands, Smithers, South Moresby. CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS: Infringements of patents; home insurance. ENERGY - ALTERNATIVES: North East B.C. Coal Project; Cassiar Mining Corporation; Low-Sulphur Canadian Coal; Western Canadian Coal in Ontario; gasoline prices; Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board. EMPLOYMENT AND IMMIGRATION: Prince Rupert's Canada Employment Centre; unemployment insurance; Job Creation in Skeena; Community Futures Committees; Skeena Local advisory Council; and Immigration cases.
ENVIRONMENT: Tourism and South Moresby; Haida people request to establish a South Moresby National Park reserve; National Task Forces on Environment and Economy; Island Wide Committee; Bill C-30, National Parks Act concerning dioxin and furous material found in seafood from the West Coast; CIDA mining projects in Brazil. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Human rights; international covenant on Civil and Political Rights; illegal traffic in drugs; human rights in African Nations; Soviet security proposals; Operation Falcon; U.S. fishing vessels in fisheries enforcement against U.S. fishing vessels; United States Navy activity in Southern Alaska; Proposed Trident submarine base in Alaska. FINANCE: Tax reform proposal; Tax Force on Tax Benefits for Northern and Isolated Areas; Tax on life insurance companies; Free Trade Deal; Canada - United States Trade agreement. FISHERIES: Chinook conservation programme; GATT decision on B.C. Salmon and Herring; Pacific Resources Society; West Coast native fishermen; Amax Mine at Lisault to close down; departmental licensing policy in the Roe Herring fishery; commercial fishing opening at the head of the Douglas Channel; Erikson Gold Mines; Vietnamese fishermen on the Skeena River; Sea Otters on the West Coast; management strategies for the Babine River Valley; and native licencing concerns; fisheries issues and programs in Skeena.
FORESTRY: Canada/B.C. Forest Resources Development Agreement; Weston Timber; stripping and replanting trees on islands in the Skeena River; Hazelton Wood Products Ltd; Acid Rain and forest growth in Canada. HEALTH AND WELFARE: Canadian Pension Plan Act; disability; Legislation banning tobacco advertisement. JUSTICE: Settlement of Japanese - Canadian claims; The Red Neck News; Leonard Peltier case. LABOUR: Collective bargaining; additional terminal in Smithers Airport. NATIONAL DEFENCE: Low level flights; nuclear propelled submarines; safeguard of an arctic sovereignty; Chemical testing in Suffield during World War II; Testing H1-6 on humans; NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT: Dene/Metis agreement-in-principle; Hydro-electric power projects in Northern Quebec; Privatization of Northwestel; POLITICS: James Fulton correspondence; POST OFFICE: Increases in rates; and closure of postal outlets in B.C.
REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION: SMALL BUSINESSES (WESTERN ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION); Small airlines under the Western Diversification Program; establishment of an excursion boat operation along the British Columbia Northwest coast and South Moresby, Port Owen; establishing a processing plant of crab and prawn in Stewart B.C.; establishing a Fixed Base Operation (FBO) at Terrace/Kitimat airport. REVENUE: Residents of Smithers denied eligibility for the Northern and Isolated Tax deduction: SOLICITOR GENERAL: Personal information reference judicial and criminal cases; and proposed Federal Penitentiary for Newfoundland;
TRANSPORT: Canadian Airline International; complaints with regards to Air Force; Air Force increases for North Coast Services; Okabe Shipyards, Prince Rupert, B.C.; Queen Charlotte Island freight rate issue; Bill C-52, Coasting Trade and Commercial Marine Activities Act; Bill C-51, Impact on the Cruise ship Industry; night-time evacuation and search and search and rescue equipment on the West Coast; helicopter activity at the time of the Ocean Ranger oil rig disaster; automated light stations debates; light stations off the B.C. coast; replacement of Coast Guard cutters on the West Coast; working group report of the future role of the Light stations in British Columbia; rezoning part of the Delkatla Wildlife Sanctuary to establish an airstrip; coal dust problems in Port Edward along the CN line; construction of a new terminal at the Sandpit Airport on the Queen Charlotte Islands; Dagny Developments and CN Real Estate; TREASURY BOARD: Opposition to Bill C-33 de-indexing pensions of retired federal public servants. URBAN AFFAIRS: Residential rehabilitation Assistance Program. VETERANS AFFAIRS: Veterans Independence Program Review Committee; and Overseas Veterans Allowance.
