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Mackasey, Bryce - Interview

Item number (ISN):

413448

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1976-08-04

Item number (ISN):

413448

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1976-0126

Media:

Sound

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1976-08-04

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of Bryce Mackasey, Postmaster General of Canada, by author Peter Stursberg, about: Mackasey’s career in politics; Lester B. Pearson; the Liberal Party in the Opposition in 1962 and 1963; the 1963 federal election; John G. Diefenbaker; national unity; the Liberal government caucus from 1963 to 1968; Bert Tecker; Guy Favreau; Walter Gordon; the Liberal government’s '60 days of decision'; the Victor Spencer affair; Lucien Cardin; Pierre Elliott Trudeau; the Gerda Munsinger affair; the Mercantile Bank; Colin Cameron; Judy LaMarsh; Robert Winters; the Liberal government’s defeat in the House of Commons in February 1968; Robert Stanfield; bilingualism; the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism; language policy in the federal public service; Quebec separatism; Quebec language laws; Bill 22; the Official Languages Act; a French language television station in Vancouver; and Lester B. Pearson’s achievements. This interview was recorded in Bryce Mackasey’s office in the Parliament Buildings. <2h 14mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The release form indicates that the rights, title, interest and copyright are assigned to “Her Majesty”, physical ownership is retained by “Her Majesty”and the tape recordings and 55-page transcript were opened for research after the publication of Peter Stursberg’s book on Lester B. Pearson entitled Lester Pearson and the Dream of Unity, published in 1978 (the finding aid states that they were open after 31 December 1980).~2. Bryce Mackasey died at age 78 on 5 September 1999.

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Vault ISN:

435854

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00852

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

461315

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00851

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

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

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