This sub-series contains ministerial records called "Minister Summaries" by the Minister's Office. They are related to Allan Rock's mandate as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (Nov. 1993 - June 1997). The records of this sub-series pertain to memoranda consulted by the Minister of Justice Allan rock on a regular basis as part of his ongoing responsibilities. These memoranda demonstrate the Minister's decision-making authority on all issues related to the Canadian justice system, federal-provincial-territorial relations, trials under federal jurisdiction, cases before the Supreme Court of Canada, extraditions, and issues concerning the Attorney General of Canada.
These memoranda cover a broad range of topics: Extradition cases, War Crime cases, Official correspondence with Prime Minister, Ministers, MPs, judges and Provincial Justice Ministers, briefing notes on Supreme Court cases, official correspondences between the Minister and his international and provincial counterparts, briefing notes on official meetings, urgent memoranda on legal matters that may have significant impact in Canada and abroad, governmental publications, records related to appointments, daily updates on national events, surveys created by the Justice Department, budgets and funding reports, briefing notes on ongoing legal cases and more.
The minister summaries have been given a number as title by the Minister's staff. This number is part of a process to organize those memoranda received by the Minister's Office. Because there are no inventory nor listing of all those memoranda, the archivist kept the original number of those records on the folders and added the memoranda's title in brackets for research purposes. Some discrepancy within the numeric system is noticeable, but the overall order has been preserved.
Records consist of, but are not limited to, memoranda, correspondence, extradition papers, briefing notes, ministerial summaries, clippings, reference materials, litigation cases, ministerial procedures, governmental publications, surveys, and minister Rock's personal handwriting notes.
