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Solicitor General - Select constituency correspondence [textual record]

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Date:

1974-1988.

Reference:

R15773-31-4-E

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

4932954

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Robert (Bob) Kaplan fonds

Solicitor General - Select constituency correspondence
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Series includes:

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

1974-1988.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1.2 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of letters, occasional notes and action sheets.

The material straddles Kaplan's tenure as Solicitor-General, beginning somewhat before he became minister, and continuing somewhat after his tenure ended.

This correspondence deals with constituents concerns - immigration assistance, employment assistance, housing, income tax, funding needs, the Katimavik program, feedback on government bills, needs of business and community groups and organizations, pension divisions, the "6 & 5" program, student visas, building code violations and so on.

The records detail just how seriously Kaplan took his constituents concerns to heart, and action forms show how diligently his constituency staff worked. A list of Kaplan's appointments with constituents on Sunday 29 July 1984 document 16 appointments in one day.

Records of little value have been culled - immigration files with no follow-up, employment files which were simply requests for job assistance, form letters received and sent, mass mailings, requests for character references, requests for autographs and photos and the like, hence the modifier "select" in the title of this series.

Of note, a file under "G" holds a few items of correspondence from Svetlana Gouzenko, the defector's wife, concerning her attempt to receive better financial support from the Canadian government.

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Arrangement note:

The material was originally in sequential numbered files, probably in chronological order (as received in the office), one correspondent per file. There was with no index to the numbering. To reduce the inordinate number of thin files, it was decided to create an alpha series, bringing together all correspondents into comprehensive files based on the first letter of their surname.

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Volume [R15773] 97--103

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