This sub-series comprises 33 files arranged in alphabetical order by names of federal government departments and subject matter. The majority of the records deals with the 1985 time frame. The records dated 1982 and 1986 were migrated to this series by Fulton's staff in order to close issues or bring forward ongoing issues. The files document Fulton's actions, activities, role and work as NDP M.P. of Skeena, B.C., and activities with the Canada - United States Inter-Parliamentary Group.
Record types consists of incoming correspondence with attachments; outgoing correspondence; minutes of meetings; working notes; magazine articles; newspaper clippings; notices and communications from federal government departments; excerpts of Hansards; reports and studies prepared by consultants; Band Council resolutions.
Issues documented are: CANADA - U.S. INTER - PARLIAMENTARY GROUP MEETINGS; CHAPLIN, CARL, artist, World Art Tour (Art Nuka) 1987; COMMUNICATION: French-language service for Prince Rupert; Houston Smithers Rebroadcast Society; Telephone Service - Northwestel for resident of Telegraph Creek Football Game Blackout; Optional Canadian and Non-Canadian Satellite Service; Distant Canadian Television Signals; British Columbia Telephone Company general rate increases; CONSTITUENCY RIDING SKEENA, B.C.: Atlin, Cassiar, Terrace, Kitimat-Stikine, Stewart, Prince Rupert; Queen Charlotte Islands, Smithers: upgrading telephone services; extension of the school bus service; disability pension for war veteran; future DND training centre in the Terrace area; relocation of the ski facilities on Kitsumkalum Mountain; purchase of prototype hydraulic turbine for test installation on the Skeena River; disaster Planning Programme; fish habitat in the vicinity of Stewart; log storage adjacent to the Town of Stewart; long-term transportation requirements of the Kitimat-Stikine region; Canada-Canoe Festival Show; Commercial rate for electrical Service; Ski Train service for Northwestern B.C.; Relocation of the Kwinitsa Station.
EMPLOYMENT AND IMMIGRATION: discontinuation of funding for unemployment action centres; fishermen problems during periods of unemployment; Extension of the Variable Entrance Requirement contained in Section 17 of the Unemployment Insurance Act; Youth Training Option Program; Canada Mobility Program (CMP); Modified Industry and Labour Adjustment Program; Scottie Gold Mine in Stewart B.C. layoffs; Canada Summer Employment Program; Birch Tree Planting; application for admission to Canada; application for visitor's visa; adoption of children from El Salvador. ENERGY: Canada Liquefied Natural Gas; Baie Verte Mines, Ltd; Lime Deposit, Richie Area, B.C.; short term stabilization fund for the Canadian gold mining industry; study to evaluate the potential use of tidal power at Justkatla Narrows, Queen Charlotte Islands; Alternative Energy for Queen Charlotte Islands; Slowpokes batteries; Pacific Geoscience Centre study. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Transportation access across the Alaska Panhandle; possible highway from Northern British Columbia through the Alaska Panhandle from Northwest British Columbia to the Pacific Ocean; nuclear power and weapon; Canadian reaction versus participation in Star War; peace Tax fuel; nuclear disarmament; Canadian Parliamentarians for World Order Association; World Hunger; apartheid policy of South Africa; political actions in India; Roberta Starita, Canadian citizen released from detention in Brazil.
FINANCE: RRSP inquiries; fuel tax increases; disability and taxes; de-indexation of the family allowance; charitable donations under the Income Tax Act. FISHERIES: Repairs to the Queen Charlotte City Wharf; Dogfish in the Region of Skidegate Inlet; Fish Inspection Division; Babine Sockeye issue; herbicide spraying in the Skeena River; depressed Chinook stocks in Ecstall River; Fulton - Pinkut Hatchery systems; monitoring the foreign fishing fleets on the West Coast; U.S. fishermen entering B.C. coastal waters vessel Insurance Program; Department of Fisheries and Oceans charter patrol operations; Pacific Salmon Treaty. HEALTH AND WELFARE: tobacco issue; Doctors in B.C., Family allowance; de-indexation of family allowances; Bill C-70, family allowance cutbacks; Smithers Community Service Association; removal of herbs and amino acids from store shelves; consideration of re-introducing heroine for the treatment of terminal cancer patient; promoting the health of non-smoking; indexing Canadian National Railway pensions; application for receiving disability benefits; future school of Rehabilitation Medicine at the U. of B.C.; JUSTICE: licencing of slot machines; Amnesty International; discrimination against local East Indians; Human Rights Commission; White supremacy; gun control legislation; farm start and the Saskatchewan government; Bill C-67 amendments to the Parole and Penitentiary Acts.
LABOUR: Seiscon Delta United; Prince Rupert Grain Ltd; Inuit of Resolute Bay and Grise Ford to Inukjuak; NATIONAL DEFENCE-GENERAL: personal grievance case; Bristol Aerospace contracts regarding manufacturing of warheads; possibility of a DND loss for Yellowknife; Closure CFS Inuvik; Canadian Forces Hospital in Masset; Local Search and Rescue; Canadian Coast Guard cutters to be stationed in Prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte City; Nuclear Battery Project. POST OFFICE: Marchment report; mail service in Stewart; postal rate increases. REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION: Northern Quebec Inuit; proposed Canada- Quebec agreement on economic development; Queen Charlotte Islands Reading Series by Jeannie Markowsky and Dawn Adams; redress for the internment of Japanese Canadians WW II; Government assistance for the development of new tourist facilities on the Stewart - Cassiar Highway; development of Lakelse Hot -Springs. REVENUE CANADA: constituents tax return cases and problems.
SMALL BUSINESS: small business venture capital program; trade facilitation office; distribution of Foreign products in Canada. SOLICITOR GENERAL: personal cases. TRANSPORT: proposed CNR Housing Development - Moricetown Band; VIA Rail Canada will be withdrawing the services of its counter sales agent at the Terrace station; CN pension fund; constructions projects on the CN Line between Redpass and Prince Rupert; radar equipment to be installed at Canadian airports; grievous files: Urbanovitch and Butler case; Digby Island Ferry run; Yellowhead Highway and the National Highway system in the Southern Canada; Federal grants in lieu of taxes for the Port of Prince Rupert; Search and Rescue personal and equipment and facilities allotted to the West Coast; VETERANS AFFAIRS: disability pensions.
