The sub-series comprises files arranged in chronological order by Cabinet Committees and documents Michael Wilson's activities as Minister of Industry, Science and Technology and International Trade and his work in various Cabinet Committees and Ad-Hoc Committees.
The record types located in this sub-series are correspondence; agenda of meetings; reference material; memoranda to Cabinet; discussion documents; notes for Committees giving background for each issue on the agenda; memoranda from the Deputy Minister to Minister (Department of Industry, Science and technology); responses of Standing Committee on specific issues to be debated by Operations Committee; minister's working notes; correspondence addressed to Minister; copies of correspondence addressed to the Cabinet Committee members; drafts of reports; and clippings.
The issues documented for the Operations Committee are as follows:
1991: defence spending adjustments; persons with disabilities; ministers' salaries; cross-border shopping; postal subsidies for community newspapers; bankruptcy legislation; grant and contribution; Firearms legislation; fishermen's benefits/Newfoundland; Gingras case; management of cultural reserve; high speed rail; trucking update; bird report; Public Service Reform Bill; Spending Control Act; Versatile Pacific; KAON; South Moresby; Aboriginal justice; PEI Potato virus; theratronics; update on labour relations; prosperity agenda; economic and fiscal updates; recovery of CAP overpayment; high speed rail; port visit by nuclear ships; convention on the rights of children; unity; labour update; Nova Scotia update; Aboriginal funding; Canadian Forces policy on sexual orientation; De Havilland; Nordair; softwood lumber; Light Support Vehicle for Canadian Forces; Green Plan funding; bankruptcy; postal strike follow up; wage earner protection,fund service strike; air bilaterals; priorities reserve allocation; Quebec development agreement.
1992: border measures; Oka Ad Hoc Committee report; Hibernia update; silicone breast implants; fish quotas; Manitoba forest fires; Three Gorges Water Control Project; Federal advertising; Ad Hoc labour report; Westray Update; Oldman Dam Panel report; pharmaceutical NAFTA; Northern Accord; Laurentian Pilotage Authority; Fixed link; helicopters (DND); cellular telephones; and Indian Tax Act amendments.
1993: Canadian Human Rights Act; Canadian Space Station Program; Sports Illustrated; wage earner protection fund; new fisheries management system; assistance to Russia; Indian taxation; St-Lawrence Action Plan; Marine Spills Response Capability; "Own Use" Pesticide Imports; review of the National Transportation Act; Canadair; Government response to the export by the Sub-Committee on Arms Export; Harassment in the Canadian Armed Forces; Oka medals; Nunavut interim funding; Aboriginal communal fishing licenses regulations.
The issues documented for the Economic and Trade Policy Committee are
1991: competitiveness/prosperity; prosperity initiative; securing Canada's prosperity; North America Free Trade Negotiations; cross border shopping; petition by Telesat Canada to Vary Telecom decision CRTC 1990-28; Commuter Aircraft Industry; amendment to the Canada Labour Code; regional development in Quebec; credit grain sale; Atlantic cooperation program priority initiatives; extension of the concessional line of credit to China; amendment to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act; Canadian coast guard fleet restructuring plan; allocation of the Science and Technology fund; Intellectual Property Improvement Bill; redevelopment of Terminal 1 and 2 Pearson International Airport; Lower Churchill project; Canadian automobile industry in the context of the NAFTA; international trade business plan; inter-governmental agreement on procurement; revision of Copyright Act; Federal aboriginal fisheries strategy.
1992: Canada scholarships program; multilateral trade negotiations; program for older workers adjustment; Expo 98; Register of United States barriers to trade; shipbuilding overview; amendments to customs tariff; new farm credit corporation legislation; Aboriginal fishing strategy; credits sales to former USSR; Action Plan: creating opportunities for Canadians; trade opportunity strategy; new legislation on nuclear safety.
1993: Conari: national high-speed communication's network; reforming enforcement of agriculture legislation; cultural facilities for Quebec; Canada-Quebec subsidiary agreement on agri-food development; revision to the Yukon mining Regime; Canadian rural opportunities initiative; and double taxation agreements with Bulgaria and Gabon.
The issue documented for the Foreign and Defence Policy Committee is the 1992 G-7 Munich Summit and the former Soviet Union.
The issues documented in the Cabinet Meetings records contain briefing notes for the Secretary of State for External Affairs and for the Minister of International Trade.
The issues documented for the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology and International Trade are as follows: 1991 - Francophone Summit; global warming; Indian Money Act; and Ambassador Bridge. 1993: National AIDS Strategy - Phase II; immigrant investor program; sports and physical activity plan for Canada; and renewal of the official languages in education program.
The issues documented in the Communication Committee files are as follows: 1992: Agriculture Canada; Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency; Canada International Development Agency; Emergency Preparedness Canada; Consumer and Corporate Affairs; and Employment and Immigration.
The issues documented in the Ad Hoc Committees Overseeing Various Specific Issues To Work On For Cabinet Committee files are as follows: 1991 - pulp and paper industries, oil and gas acquisition policy; 1992 - De Havilland and pharmaceutical patents; Atlantic fisheries; Westray Coal Mine; Boat Harbour; Hibernia; and multilateral trade negotiations.
The issues documented in the Canadian Unity and Constitutional Negotiations Committee are 1991: Quebec- Canada monetary union; language policy; Aboriginal people: Directions for change; review of strategy; Federal-Provincial Finance Ministers' meeting; overview of strategy (30 May 1991); distinct Society-Quebec; distribution of powers; building consensus: Outreach and Communications strategy.
The issues documented in the Priorities and Planning Committee files are as follows:
1991: Arctic environmental strategy; Veterans independence program: extension to Canadian Forces Special Duty Area Pensioners; drinking water safety program for native people; Great-Lakes-St-Lawrence pollution prevention initiatives; ozone layer depletion; Prime Minister's Initiative on education and training; Bankruptcy Act; United Nations Peacekeeping Operation; Green Plan resources; state of government communication; Defence policy review; Extradition appeals bill; proposed amendments to the Criminal Code (Mental Disorder); response to Marine environmental emergencies; amendments to the Judges Act; Manitoba Northern Flood Agreement; mandate to compensate Indian bands for No-Logging agreement affecting Pacific Rim National Park reserve; Indian policing services to Indian bands and Inuit communities; refugee determination system; assistance to the USSR; British Columbia economy; Canadian Defence and security policy; credit grain sales; double taxation, Nigeria; Hungary; repeal the Loc Seal Conservation Act; Atlantic Fisheries Catch Failure Program; Green Plan state of environment reporting; imposition of Trade, Economic and Financial sanctions against Haiti.
1992: credit relations with the Baltic and Former Soviet Republics; criminal legal aid cost-sharing agreements; Saguenay Marine Park funding; Softwood Lumber-Honda audit; Federal Economic development initiative for Northern Ontario; Gwich'in comprehensive land claims settlement; Family law reform; Yugoslavia; Federal response on prosperity; post referendum strategy; Western Grain Transportation act; tourism industry; purchase of A-310 aircraft; South Africa and the 1990's; Canarie-National high-speed communication network.
1993: Credit grain sales; Russia: assistance measures; acid rain; Canada-Alberta agreement for environmental assessment cooperation; and Yukon Indian land claim final agreements.
