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 1991 time frame. The records dated 1984 to 1990 and 1992 were migrated to this sub-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.
The records types are: incoming correspondence and attachments; Fulton's replies; information kits; working notes; clippings; reference material; federal department information kits; and Government Communiqués.
The issues documented are: AGRICULTURE: Herbicides Vision and Roundup; Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis; Game Ranching; Transgenic crops. CANADA-UNITED STATES INTER-COMMITTEE GROUP: Fulton member of the Executive Committee; COMMUNICATIONS: Alternate Radio signals in the Prince Rupert Area; North Pacific Cannery into a museum; Skeena broadcasters; ENERGY: Hibernia oilfields; Windy Craggy Mine project, in North Western B.C.; guidelines for effects monitoring metal mines discharging to the Aquatic Environment; vertical axis water turbine; Nova Energy Ltd; proposed construction of two coal-fired power plants in B.C.; Atomic Energy Central Board (AECB); B.C., Hydro and Powerex application; Nanaimo Resources recovery Plant; Keman II, B.C.; Oldman River Dam; Rafferty - Alameda Dams projects; Falls River, Prince Rupert Rehabilitation project; Nuclear power; Nuclear phase out; Gentilly 1 Nuclear station; spills and accident at Chalk River Laboratories; EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Candu project in Romania; objecting to U.S. nuclear subs in the Dixon entrance; construction of a U.S. Navy facility at Bak Island in the Alaska Panhandle; Seizure of Canadian fishing vessels by U.S. Coast Guard; Alaska Boundary disputes; U.S. fishing vessels in Canadian waters past the AB Line; Canadian Sovereignty on the AB Line Issues , Part 2. FINANCE: Tax benefits for Northern and isolated areas;
FISHERIES: Japanese driftnet fishing; native food fishery; Northern Native Fishing Corporation; closure of the West Coast Abalone fishery aquaculture; harvest of sea cucumbers; Chinook Salmon allocations in Northern B.C.; Transboundry rivers in Northern B.C.; Kwinimass watershed timber Harvest Proposals; crab and sea cucumber fisheries in Oona River and Prince Rupert areas; Fisheries Improvement Loans Act; FORESTRY: Smoke Emissions from the beehive burners at Westar Timber Ltd; old-growth forests; effects of logging in the Tsitika Valley on the Killer Whales of Robson Blight; FULTON, JAMES - COMMITTEES: Skeena Community mailout and reports; Motions submitted; Canada - U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group, in Kananaskis, Alberta; Fulton's response on the U.S. plans for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT: Delgamuukw, B.C.; Title and rights of the Gitsan and Wet'sumet'en; Logging of the Kitlop area; compensation for the Haida Nation, due to closure of fisheries in the Kitimat area; Kemano facilities effects on the Haisla people; designation of leave by the Kitselas Band at Kulspai Indian reserve No.6, B.C.; Kitsumkalum Indian Band's specific clan; Fishery - Lax-Kw'Alaams Indian Band; Tetlit Gwich'in Land Claim; Gwinaha-Bear Den Standing Pole; Tsimshian Tribal Council's concerns reference aboriginal abalone fishery; North Coast Tribal Council and concerns of plans of American military to establish a nuclear submarine base in Behm Canal, Alaska. JUSTICE: abortion; gun control legislation Bill C-17; basic human rights protection for gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals. NATIONAL DEFENCE: Public welfare emergencies; Canadian Ranger Program; fuel spill at Dew Line Station Cape Dyer; death penalty in the National Defence Act; Project Swiftsure; HI-6 testing for cancer; low-level flying on the Instrument Route 910 flight corridor.
NORTHERN AFFAIRS: Alternatives to northern diesel systems; oil and gas drilling activity in northern Yukon and Alaska; protection of the porcupine caribou herd in Northern Yukon National Park; Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Arctic sovereignty. POST OFFICE: Complaints and establishing Postal outlets in the Northern Community. TRANSPORT: Skyline Airlines; Watson Lake Airport; navigational aids at Smithers Airport; Cape St-James weather station; guidelines for ballast water exchange to foreign-going ships entering the Great Lakes; Prince Rupert grain elevator; and VIA plan to have all the CN passenger equipment on the Skeena line refurbished.
