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Nominal political correspondence [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-sub-series

Date:

1984-1993.

Reference:

R13955-16-4-E

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4387854

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William Hunter (Bill) McKnight fonds

Member of Parliament for Kindersley--Lloydminster and Member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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Nominal political correspondence
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Sub-sub-series includes:

58 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1984-1993.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.55 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

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The sub-sub-series documents Bill McKnight's political and ministerial activities through his political correspondence, mainly with his Cabinet colleagues, but also with Saskatchewan provincial politicians, government's senior officials, and other federal parliamentarians. The most noteworthy files include the correspondence with Joe Clark on Canadian defence policy, the Persian Gulf war, Canada's commitments to NATO and the future of the Canadian Forces in Europe, with Michael Wilson on economic issues (funding of Western Economic Diversification, Uruguay Round), with Don Mazankowski on Western Canada matters, with Grant Devine, Premier of Saskatchewan, on Saskatchewan issues, and most of all with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The rich correspondence with the Prime Minister covers the majority of the main challenges Bill McKnight had to face in the various ministerial portfolios he held, including the impact on labour of the government's policies, the creation and mandate of the Department of Western Economic Diversification, the renewal of the Canadian defence policy in a changing international context and the impact of budget cuts on the Department of National Defence capacity to achieve its mandate. It also includes the complete set of mandate letters sent to Bill McKnight by the Prime Minister, as well as McKnight's resignation letter in 1993.

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Arrangement note:

The files are arranged in alphabetical order, by name of correspondent.

Related material:

This sub-sub-series contains many copies of letters that can be found in the "Subject files" sub-series of the fonds' various ministerial portfolio series.

Source:

Private
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