Sub-series consists of 220 questions and supplementaries asked by Flora MacDonald, during the oral question period in the House of Commons, as a Member of the Opposition and as Opposition Critic. Card index, arranged chronologically by Sessions and Parliament 4 January 1973 - April 1984; by subjects, 1973-1984 and Standing Orders, Order Paper Questions, Private Members Bills and Petitions is available in sub-series 6-2, House of Commons, Question Period.
The record types are excerpts of Hansards.
The issues documented are: Subject matter of questions tabled in 1980: Moscow Olympic; Federal government's position on sanctions against Iran and the Soviet Union; oil imports from Mexico; constitutional Reform; US Foreign Policy; government funding of the Space Research Corporation; sale of nuclear facilities without safeguards; boycott of the Moscow Olympics; sale of nuclear equipment to Argentina; equality of Indian Women under the Legislation; policy on NATO possessing neutron bombs; appointment of High Commissioner to London; radioactive fall-out from China test over Western Canada; income tax; procedures in Chamber; tributes to former Privy Councillor, the late Judy LaMarch; Constitution-Patriation - Reported Communication with the UK, government; effect of energy taxes on elderly widows and single women; rumours concerning cuts in Canada Assistant Plan; proposed shared cost program to meet rising energy costs; Italian earthquake - suggested formation of emergency NATO force; political situation in Poland; equal pay for women - Cafeteria and laundry employees; and request for measures to protect low-income Canadians.
Subject matter of questions tabled in 1981: Alleged government pressure to cancel constitutional Conference; renegotiation of east coast fisheries treaty; resignation of Doris Anderson, President of Advisory Council on the Status of Women; comparison of rates of government funding; action of British High Commission in Canada; El Salvador - Food aid supplied through international relief organizations; extensions of quotas on textile imports; East Coast fisheries treaty; Conservation stocks on Georges Bank; Poland - Response by NATO countries to the threat of Russian interventions; Poland - Build up of Soviet forces in adjoining areas; Poland - Extension of Soviet Troop manoeuvres; revision of national Energy Program; funding for Natural Science and Engineering Research Council; effects on High interest rates on small businesses and farmers; measures to help people on low and fixed incomes; government plans to assist home owners and low income categories; impact of high interest rate policies; increases in mortgage rates on single mothers; Proliferation of nuclear as subject for Summit conference; reprocessing of nuclear waste; funding for Natural Science and Engineering Research Council; request for assistance to home owners; Burden of high mortgage renewal rates; Federal-Provincial fiscal arrangements; reported cuts for post-secondary education; Rent control; Danylo Shumuk, Ukrainian patriot; recognition of women's rights; and effect of budget on senior citizens holding life insurance policies.
Subject matter of questions tabled in 1982: Suspension of public servants for opposing metric conversion program: Request that women be appointed to the Supreme Court; Canadian abstention from UN Human Rights Commission vote; status of Indian women; increased price of home heating fuel; situation of women with families; increase in unemployment; absence of women from Public Service Senior Executive Category; job retraining for women heads of families; increase in level of unemployment; creation of summer student jobs; development of Argentinean nuclear capabilities; social security - Indexing of benefits; effect of Budget on Old Age Pension benefits; source funding of Dome Petroleum; Direct Job creation program; and condemnation of treatment of Anatoly Shcharansky by Soviet authorities.
Subject matter of questions tabled in 1983: Spousal deduction proposals; necessity for women's retraining program; new employment expansion and development program; Nigeria - Forced evacuation of foreign workers; Cape Breton Coal Agreement; 1980 Budget - Request that the Prime Minister undertake an investigation; federal payments to provinces for health and education; closure of CNCP telegraph offices; cruise testing in Canada; maternity benefit provision; National Film Board - Closing of Regional offices; Iran - Condemnation of executive members of Baha'i Faith; standing orders, 1979-1983; and petitions, 1981-1982.
