Sub-series consists of incoming correspondence and attachments; Minister's and exempt staff's replies; briefing memoranda from Richard Binhammer, Special Assistant to the Minister; cover sheets containing instructions for actions to be taken for correspondence replies; Minister's notes to staff; routing slips containing letter code number and instructions; and memoranda between Cabinet Ministers and Flora MacDonald.
The issues documented are: Agriculture Canada: - Livestock and Poultry; Canadian International Development Agency; Communications: - Telecom; Cable TV; Radio AM-FM; Film Theatre, Arts, Dance, Grants; Consumers and Corporate Affairs: - Patents, Trade Marks, Corporations and Industrial issues; Metric Conversion; Energy, Mines and Resources: - Petroleum Industry; Oil and Gas Industry; Environment Canada's: - Parks and Sites; Wildlife, Forestry, Acid Rain; Seal Hunt; External Affairs: - International Trade and Development; Foreign and Defence Policy; Passports and Visas; External Relations; Canadian Embassies; Finance: - Tax Policy Legislation, Budgets; Economy; Interest rates; Fisheries and Oceans; Fitness and Amateur Sports; Health and Welfare: - Canadian Pension Plan; Family Allowance; Old Age Security; Spouse Allowance; Health Services; Drugs; Grants; Medical Research Council; Indian and Northern Affairs: - Housing; International Trade: - Construction Industry; Automotive; Textile and Clothing; Electronic and Aerospace; Footwear Industry; Justice: - Constitutional and International Law; Public Law; Human Rights; Criminal Law; Capital Punishment; Abortion; Labour Canada; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Ministry of State for Multiculturalism; National Defence: - Canadian Forces; Cruise Missiles; Disarmament; Post Canada:- Postal Services; Museums; Public Service Commission: - Appeals and Investigations; Public Works: - Contracts, CMHC; Regional Industrial Expansion; Revenue Canada:- Customs and Excise; Science and Technology; Income Tax: - Refunds, assessments, evaluations: National Science and Engineering Research Council; Secretary of State: - Education; Social Science and Humanities Research Council; Official Languages; Canada Council; Small Businesses; Solicitor General of Canada: - Canadian Police Services; Correctional Services; Prisons and Paroles; Supply and Services; Royal Canadian Mint; Minister of State for Tourism; Transport Canada: - Canadian Air, Marine, Surface, Grain Handling and Transport.