Sub-series consists of files which document Flora MacDonald's role as Minister of Communications with regards to preparation, implementation, amendment of legislation, policies and programs.
The records types are: Incoming (with attachments) -outgoing correspondence; Department of Communications routing dockets; Routing slips from the Deputy Minister's secretariat; Briefing notes from Departmental staff.
The issues documented: Agriculture: - Recommendation of the Special Parliament Committee on Wheat Pricing Policy; Bill C-107, an Act respecting Plant Breeder's rights; Creation of a National Park in South Moresly Region; dairy farmers and Free Trade. Auditor General: - Bill C-54, Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts in Consequence there of. Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation: - Non-Profit housing projects; shelter for the homeless; senior citizens housing projects; residential rehabilitation assistance program (RRAP); maximum unit prices for the Kingston area; Canada Council: - Challenge 88 /Summer Employment/ Experience Development/ SEED; closure of Kingston Township Canada Employment Centre (CEC); Challenge 87. Communication: CBC licence for 24-hour new channel; contribution to National Film Theatre; Film "Our Marilyn", winner of the grand prize for International Film at Oberhausen Film Festival in West Germany; Film, "The Last Temptation of Christ": 10% sales tax on telephone and telecommunication services; telephone sterilization disc manufactured by M and D Tele-Clean Services Ltd., Richmond B.C.; new broadcasting legislation, Bill C-136; Proposed increase of Kingston Cablenet; Gulf and Western disposition of Ginn publication; All-news Channel; Licenced radio amateur; CBC licence to operate an all-news channel; Bill C-60, an act to amend the Copyright Act; Theatre's 5 application.
Canadian and Corporate Affairs: Canadian Home Shopping Network; Free Trade; Canadian Corporation Act; proposed amendments to the Patent Act; response to the Senate Committee Report on amending Bill C-22; Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulations; legislation for Children's Sleepwear; compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals; Amendments to Bill C-91, the Compensation Act. Employment and Immigration: Overload training for Employment Project; day care facilities in Kingston; Federal budget cuts in the funding of Women's re-entry program; Kingston learning centre; Canada Employment Centre; Canadian job strategy program (CJC); re-entry option of the job entry program - Canadian jobs strategy; passage of Bill C-50; Tamils. Energy, Mines and Resources: Free Trade and the energy sector; cost of automotive fuel; federal taxes on gasoline; Forestry in Ontario. Environment: Forestry survey; Act to protect Canadian Bees from infection; Canada's Environmental Protection Act; Reptile Breeding Foundation (RBF), Pictou, Ontario; leaded gasoline.
External Affairs: Ukrainian Canada Committee request for an apology and redress; Canadian response to Israeli developments in occupational territories; Clause 6 of the Canada/US Extradition Treaty; Human Rights violations in El Salvador; expedition to bring the Black Douglas Memorial Stone to Tebaa, Spain; apartheid in South Africa; Vancouver Commonwealth Conference - Canada sanctions vs South Africa. External Relations: French customs regulation; Afghan medical relief organization. Finance: Taxation of back pay; Objection to contributing tax dollars to military expenditures; amendments to the Excise Tax Act; tax treatment of automobiles; federal sales tax on ovens, microwaves, vcrs and televisions; price of gasoline; duty remission program on flocked fabrics. Fisheries and Ocean: Investigations of fisheries violations. Fitness and Amateur Sport: Canadian Olympic training regatta, Kingston; 1985 Masters games; Kingston Youth and Boxing Club to purchase equipment; Olympic Torch Relay Community Guide. Forestry (Ministry of State): Low level radioactive waste disposal.
Health and Welfare: Schizophrenia; Promoting Healthy Weight; radon radioactive gas; child care initiative fund (CCIF); substance abuse; labelling food for allergies; federal superannuation plan; labelling and monitoring of tobacco products; reptile breeding foundation in Pictou; use of animals in research; Bill C-51, Tobacco Products Control Act. Immigration: refugee determination policy. Indian and North Development: Request for Band numbers; aboriginal constitutional matters; First Ministers Conference on Aboriginal Rights; International Trade: Future of Canada's farming community and agricultural industry under the Free-Trade agreement; Increased footwear quota allocations; Canada Export Award Programs; film production importation bill; use of asbestos. Justice: "Clause 6" of the Canada/US extradition treaty; abortion; pornography; Motion 8, amendment to Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act; amendment to the Criminal Code dealing with pornography; recommendation of the Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Equality Rights regarding sexual orientation; Young Offenders Act; reviewing the Criminal Code of Canada; Capital punishment; Deschêsne Commission Report; Human Rights Act; Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals; child abuse. Labour: Fair wages and hours of Labour Act.
Multiculturalism: Bill C-72, Act representing the status and use of the official languages of Canada; redress of Japanese Canadians. National Capital Commission (NCC): Site of the new American Embassy; use of NCC parkland. National Defence: Emergency preparedness Canada; submarine acquisition program; NORAD agreement between Canada and the US; northern terrain vehicle project; reserves modernization Program; opposition to use the Hawaiian island of Kano'olawe as a target range; Plastic Engine Technology Corporation of Kingston in the upcoming purchase of generator sets; combat trials program; White Paper on the National Defence Policy; HMCS CATARAQUI project; junior ranks single quarters in Kingston; National Defence Speaker's Bureau. Canada Pension Plan: Homemaker pension within the Canada Pension Plan; provision of non-earning spouse. Prime Minister's Office: Transfer of inmates and prison staff from the Laval penitentiary to Port Cartier; amending the Canada Elections Act to give psychiatric patients the right to vote in Federal election; invitations extended to the prime Minister to visit various facilities, organizations and schools in the Kingston area. Public/National Archives of Canada: Funding to archival institutions located in Kingston.
Public Works: Contracts awarded for renovations, conversions; leasing of government building facilities in Kingston. National Revenues: Treatment received by travellers at the Canadian Customs border crossing located at Point Alexandria on Wolfe Island. Income tax payments. Post Office: Canada Post service in Kingston; Commemorative stamp for the 150th Anniversary of Queen's University; Postal subsidy program; inside Postal workers strike. Secretary of State: Bill C-72, Act respecting the Status and use of official languages of Canada; Canada Day poster contest; Funding of the magazine Horizons; funding of R.E.A.L. Women of Canada. Canada Day Citizenship Court ceremony. Small Business and Tourism: Bill C-63, An Act to amend the Small Business Loan Act (SBLA). Regional and Industrial Expansion: Concerns regarding the Federal support of the Canadian Fashion Industry; Reeds Bay Municipal Drain, located on Wolfe Bay. Science and Technology: Air Canada ground workers' strike; New Canada Scholarship Program; Canada's Research needs; use of laboratory animals in research; Association of Professional Engineers of Antan; funding of research councils. Statistics Canada: Price of Statistics Canada Products; 1986 Census of Agriculture.
Solicitor General: Parade Reform Program; communication program between prison and university committees; Parliamentary Supremacy and Ministerial Accountability; RCMP recruitment policies and practices; University level program for inmates in Kingston; Frontenac County Board of Education's contract with the Correctional Services of Canada; half-way house for women in conflict with the law, (Sudbury). Transport: The future of Port aux Basques Ferry Service after the Newfoundland Railway ceases to operate. Minister of State ( Transport): Boating safety in the Thousand Island area; Canada's airport restricted area access clearance; alternate flight path for air crafts in the Kingston area; Federal wharfinger at Kingston Harbour; St-Lawrence Marina Drydock; project to provide books, musical instruments and other necessities for school children in Jamaica; vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) transport aircraft project; increase in public harbours and port facilities tariff. Treasury Board: Bill C-33 amendment to the Public Service Superannuation Act (PSSA); main estimates, 1988-1989; master bargaining; Public Service Pension Reform; Make or buy Pilot Project, Correctional Services, Kingston Region. Youth: Challenge 1988- Summer Employment/Experience Development (SEED) Program. Veterans Affairs: Veteran Independence Program; and Long-Range Health Care for Veterans.
