This sub-series comprises of 34 files arranged in alphabetical order by names of federal government departments and subject matter. The majority of the records deals with the 1989 time frame. The records dated 1982 to 1990 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 filed in this sub-series is 1 file documenting his activities as National Advocate on Forestry.
Record types are: incoming correspondence and attachments; Fulton's replies; pamphlets and reports; information material; and photocopies of press clippings.
Issues documented are: AGRICULTURE: Plant Breeders Rights. COMMUNICATION: CBC Programming from Prince Rupert to Prince George; Radio Service on Northwestern B.C.; Cancellation of R.S.V.P.; B.C. Radio Improvement Plan; Cultural Initiative Program. CONSTITUTION: Kitimat Port Development and Marketing Study, 1988; CONSTITUENCY - SMITHERS: Customs service at Smithers; Queen Charlotte City Breakwater; Commercial Sport Fishery; Skidegate Ferry Terminal; Queen Charlotte Islands Museum; Bulkley - Nechako Regional District; illegal poaching; illegal American hunting on the Stikine and Taku River; police services to telegraph Creek. CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS: Household Insurance - complaint; proposed copyright regulation. EMPLOYMENT AND IMMIGRATION: Settlement language training program; changes to the unemployment insurance system. IMMIGRATION: Cases.
ENERGY: Telkua Coal Project; Valdez and oil disasters; electric railway concept; alternative energy and environment issues; oil spills and fuel ethanol; Kemano Completion Project; Kiggavik Uranium Mine Environmental Assessment Panel Review. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Back Island Nuclear Submarine Base Near Ketchikan, Alaska; AB Line Boundary Dixon Entrance; U.S. Coast Guard illegal seizure of Canadian vessels; Canada opposed to third party intervention; aid to Nicaragua; nuclear test moratorium; Canada a nuclear free zone. FINANCE: Free Trade agreement; Mexican goods in Canada; Banks in B.C. FISHERIES: Fisheries Act on Landrick Creek; enforcement of fisheries Policy on the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers; patrols and enforcement on the North Coast; fuel tax rebate paid to fishermen; Pulp Companies polluting water; illegal harvest of clam, oysters and crab populations on the West Coast beaches; Mount Layton Hot Springs Development; Japan's uses of driftnets in the Pacific Ocean; Salmon and Steelhead catches on the high seas by Asian squid fleets.
FORESTRY: Environmental assessment of additional pulp mills in Alberta; Forest Resources developments Agreement (FRDA); Tree Farm Licenses; preservation of Carmanah Valley. FULTON, JAMES - REACTIONS TO ISSUES: Correspondence updates to Press and International Organizations; Mulroney's plans to purchase nuclear submarines; nuclear weapons on Canadian soil; NDP peace resolution brought forward before the House of Commons; poaching problems on the Stikine and Taku Rivers; Fulton reports on Jobs in Fishery industry; Nechako hydro agreement; de-indexing pensions; Health Protection Branch and Herbal Products; Bill C-18, an Act respecting national transportation; Bill C-75 amendments to the Canadian Shipping Act; closure of air services between Northwest British Columbia and Vancouver; Canada - United States Boundary. HEALTH AND WELFARE: Pro-choice; Kitimat General Hospital; Canada Pension Plan; Post Secondary Education.
JUSTICE: Petition against cruel product testing; sexual discrimination. LABOUR: Elimination of funding to the Centre for Occupational Health and Safety; Employment Equity and Official Languages Questionnaire; implementation of Labour Canada's program for Older Workers Adjustment (POWA). MINING: Cinda Gold Project on Queens Charlotte Islands. NATIONAL DEFENCE: Chemical testing at Suffield, Alberta; cruise missile called Robot -X; NATO bases in Innu Territory, Labrador; environmental impact of low-level training flights. POLITICS: Fulton's court case reference; Candidate's Return and Declaration relating to his candidacy in the 1988 election; Makami Project Group; support of Audrey McLaughlin New NDP Leader. POST OFFICE: Improving services in Skeena; preserving postal service for Tlell, B.C.;
REVENUE CANADA: Houston Wildlife Rehabilitation Society; Income tax cases; SMALL BUSINESSES: Marine Electronic sales and Services, Prince Rupert , B.C.; Western Diversification funding; Wolfe Island Seas Farm Ltd, Prince Rupert; SOLICITOR GENERAL: R.C.M.P. Dress Code in Town of Smithers; Indo-Canadian Sikhs; treatment by RCMP in Terrace; RCMP officers not patronizing Husky or Mohawk Service stations; application for landed immigrant status; security clearances; request for parole; fire arm permits. TRANSPORT: Canadian aviation safety board; skyline crash in Terrace B.C.; accident aboard the "Great Amity"; VIA rail budget cut; CN reduction of track maintenance workers in Price Rupert; Terrace/Kitimat Airport; Canadian coastguard helicopter services; Polar 8 Icebreaker project; Regional Transportation Planning Committee, (TPC); cuts to Via Rail. VETERANS AFFAIRS: Closing satellite officers in Royal Canadian Legion Branches; and application of Veterans Independence Program.
