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Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1985-11-08Item number (ISN):20648Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADA. NATIONAL PRESS THEATREAccession:1985-0625Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1985-11-08Production company:National Press TheatreDescription:Press conference held by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In an opening statement and subsequent question period the following topics are discussed: the United States proposal for free trade with Canada, including the staffing of a free trade preparatory committee and the appointment of Simon Reisman as Canada's free trade ambassador; Canada's cultural industries; the replacement of Marcel Masse as Minister of Communications; Acting Minister of Communications, the Honourable Benoit Bouchard; the Francophone Summit Conference; Mulroney's attendance in the House of Commons; wife battery charges laid against Dave Nickerson, member of the PC caucus; charges of patronage at the Canegrex canteens in Nova Scotia; the Robert Coates incident, and the failure to inform the former Defence Minister about the Strategic Defence Initiative; Suzanne Blais-Grenier's travel activities; and Ontario Premier David Peterson's reservation about free trade with the United States. <15mn 30s>Subjects:CANADA~FREE TRADE & PROTECTIONISM~INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS~PRESS CONFERENCES~TRADE POLICY~UNITED STATES ~BLAIS-GRENIER, SUZANNE~BOUCHARD, BENOÎT~COATES, ROBERT~MASSE, MARCEL~MULRONEY, BRIAN~NICKERSON, DAVE~PETERSON, DAVID~REISMAN, SIMONLanguage:English / FrançaisDetailed holdings information: -
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