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[Federal-Provincial Constitutional Conference]

Item number (ISN):

266962

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1968-02-05

Item number (ISN):

266962

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: CBOT FILM LIBRARY

Accession:

1996-0020

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1968-02-05

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

reporter, Ken Mason

Description:

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Reel 1:~Roll 1: Colour footage of arrival of Members of Parliament, including John Turner and Mitchell Sharp. Clips of conversation between MPs and interview clips. Others shown include Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, J.J. Greene, Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Paul Martin. Delegates sit down. Ontario Premier John Robarts shown. Jean Chrétien in conversation with Daniel Johnson. Delegates carrying document entitled "Federalism for the Future". Joey Smallwood says he is tremendously impressed with Trudeau. <380 feet>~Roll 2: Black and white footage of report by Ken Mason on developments at the federal-provincial conference. Among the issues discussed were French language rights and Pierre Trudeau's proposal for a charter of rights in the constitution. Trudeau and Daniel Johnson debate the extension of provincial rights. <90 feet>~Colour footage of writer [Allan Whitney] carrying sign "Another Munich Stop Appeasement", expressing his opposition to appeasing separatists by expanding French language rights. A man debates with other men opposed to French language rights outside Quebec. He expresses the opinion that learning Spanish is more importand in North America than learning French because of North American trade. He wands Quebec to separate so that it can use French as it wishes. Another man tells him to "expand his mind". Whitney says that the English people in Quebec have no rights and that he gets his tax forms only in French. Ken Mason interviews him. Whitney tells Mason that English Canadians are asleep, vegetables and gutless when it comes to fighting for their rights. <270 feet>~Colour footage of interview by Ken Mason of Norman [Chamberlist] of the Yukon Territorial Council, who feels neglected because the Minister of Northern Affairs invited the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, but only as an observer. The Commissioner is an appointed representative. Elected representatives such as [Chamberlist] cannot get into the meetings. [Chamberlist] wants recognition of elected representatives of the Yukon and Northwest Territories. <90 feet>~Short interview by Ken Mason of Daniel Johnson. Also shown in scrum with French-language news media. Scrums in English with various delegates about the day's events, including their reaction to the expansion of French-language rights. W.A.C. Bennett makes a statement about wanting French taught in all schools in British Columbia. <355 feet>~Reel 2: Pierre Trudeau commenting that progress is being made on language rights and the entrenching of the Bill of Rights in the constitution. He feels that the proposal about the Bill of Rights should at some stage be taken to the people, province by province. <100 feet>~Footage of delegates arriving for conference. <133 feet>~Crew works to clean up flood in conference room. Delegates mingle. Bilingual scrum in which Daniel Johnson talks about federalism. <274 feet>~Scrum in which Trudeau talks about the conference, how his concept of federalism differs from that of Daniel Johnson and that "confederation is on the brink of destruction". <133 feet>~W.A.C. Bennett states that he wants the first point in the Bill of Rights to be equal pay and wages throughout the country so that the Maritimes and Quebec will not have an unfair advantage over high wage provinces such as British Columbia. <60 feet>~Scrum with Lester B. Pearson, who is optimistic about the conference being a public forum, with the debates taking place in public. <68 feet>

Language:

English / Français

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

425740

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2006-06-0420
2006-06-0421

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MAG STR

Stock:

KINE

Technical description:

POS

Max. shrinkage:

0.5%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1037851

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2021-09-0001

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

232:00

Made from:

8614-8798
9407-0271
8309-3131
9605-0098
9702-0506
9702-0507
2002-01-0153
2006-06-0420
2006-06-0421
2006-04-0376
2006-04-0403

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1037888

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

2006-06-0420-DPX
2006-06-0421-DPX

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

55:01

Made from:

2006-06-0420
2006-06-0421

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1037889

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

2006-06-0420.WAV
2006-06-0421.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

55:01

Made from:

2006-06-0420
2006-06-0421

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1038346

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

266962.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

54:38

Made from:

2006-06-0420
2006-06-0421

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1038347

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

266962.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

54:38

Made from:

2006-06-0420
2006-06-0421

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2021-09-0001

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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