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Olivier, Maurice - Interview

Item number (ISN):

243252

Series title:

The Days Before Yesterday : Struggle for Nationhood

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1972-11-29

Item number (ISN):

243252

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY, THE

Accession:

1996-0018

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1972-11-29

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

photography, Wilf Doucette; interviewer, Cameron Graham

Description:

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Interview conducted for the television series THE DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY : STRUGGLE FOR NATIONHOOD, of Dr. Maurice Olivier, who was a student at Laval University during the conscription crisis. He says that the uprising in which he participated was taken seriously outside of Quebec but for him it was a bit of fun. Olivier enlisted in the armed forces in the spring of 1918 and returned to Laval University after his war service. During the constitutional crisis of 1925-1926 he worked for the law firm of Troupe. Olivier drafted one of three legal opinions which William Lyon Mackenzie King took to the Governor General, Lord Byng. Olivier explains what the constitutional crisis was about and says that the government was defeated on procedure, not confidence. Olivier speaks about his experience drafting the Statute of Westminster for three months with Ernest Lapointe and others. He recalls the look on Arthur Meighen's face when he was defeated by only one vote, because they were both sitting in the Speaker's gallery. Olivier felt that Mackenzie King's experience with Lord Byng strengthened Mackenzie King's desire for autonomy which he pursued at the Imperial Conference in 1926. He describes Mackenzie King as cunning and lucky and Louis St. Laurent as more of a statesman than politician. <30mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. THE DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY : STRUGGLE FOR NATIONHOOD was broadcast in seven parts on November 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1973 and December 2, 9 and 16, 1973.~2. Transcript available in the Visual and Sound Archives Division.~3. Workprint.

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Vault ISN:

287116

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0127

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

287117

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0128

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

287124

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0129

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

287127

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0130

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

287130

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0131

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

287131

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0132

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~To be Determined / À déterminer

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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