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CANADA. PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE / BUREAU DU CONSEIL PRIVÉ

1989-0292

Vidéo

1 of 1

1981-09-28

Privy Council Office

Press conference held by Bill Bennett, Premier of British Columbia and spokesman for the views held by the provincial premiers with respect to federal constitutional amendment. In an opening statement, the following topics are discussed: the premiers' willingness to support repatriation of the constitution; requirement to prioritize reduction of unemployment and revitalize the ailing economy; the continuing importance of existing federal-provincial agreements; the role of convention, custom and practice in government procedure, and potential for unity among provinces to obtain an agreement with the federal government. A question period follows. Among the journalists asking questions are: Chris Walmsley; Richard Gwynn; Michael Doyle (Winnipeg Free Press); Les Whittington (Southam News); Kim McCrae (Toronto Sun); John Bray (Selkirk News). <55mn>

CANADA~CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS~CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY ~ECONOMIC CONDITIONS~FEDERAL PROVINCIAL RELATIONS~PRIME MINISTERS~UNEMPLOYED ~BENNETT, BILL~BRAY, JOHN~DOYLE, MICHAEL~GWYN, RICHARD~MCCRAE, KIM~WALMSLEY, CHRIS~WHITTINGTON, LES

English

Libre

GAD 0FD001

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