Canadian unity : public meetings on Canada's constitution

Contributors
Creator: Council for Canadian Unity
Creator: Lamontagne, Gilles
Creator: Ledwell, Frank J.
Creator: MacLean, J. Angus
Creator: MacMillan, Tom
Creator: MacNutt, James W.
Date Recorded
1981
Date Digitized
2023
Genre
Event
Rights
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Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
01:56:55
Member of
UPEI Archives Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction by Frank Ledwell

11:00 Introduction in French

12:00 Angus MacLean begins speaking, brief overview of constitutional debate

24:00 Remarks from Gilles Lamontagne

35:00 Remarks from Tom MacMillan

52:00 Remarks from Jim MacNutt

01:06:00: Remarks from the full panel

01:08:00 Further remarks from MacLean concerning land ownership laws in PEI; context of Canadian politics

01:13:00 Further remarks from Lamontagne

01:18:00 Further remarks from MacMillan

01:22:00 Further remarks from MacNutt

01:27:00 Questions open to the floor

01:28:00 Comment regarding statistics surrounding repatriation of the constitution

01:29:00 Rebuttal from Lamontagne

01:31:00 Comment from MacMillan regarding legality surrounding the changes to the constitution

01:35:00 Question about the Bill of Rights

01:35:30 Comment from MacLean

01:36:00 Significant feedback and audio cuts out briefly

01:36:30 Resumption of discussion concerning the Bill of Rights

01:38:30 Comment concerning statistics surrounding the constitutional reform

01:40:00 Question concerning the method by which the constitution would be reformed

01:41:00 Question concerning the implications of amending the constitution

01:43:00 Rebuttal from Lamontagne

01:46:00 Rebuttal from MacMillan

01:49:00 Comment from MacNutt

01:52:00 Question regarding the mechanism which would uphold the reformed constitution; rebuttal from Lamontagne

01:53:00 Comment from MacNutt

01:54:00 Comment from MacMillan

01:56:00 Closing, note of a further discussion to be held March 1981 discussing the Charter of Rights and Freedoms