Provinces agree to new Canadian constitution

Title

Provinces agree to new Canadian constitution

Genre

News report

TX Date

6 Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:27

Description

Report on the agreement to changes of the constitution (from the British original) in Canada by all provincial leaders except Premier Rene Levesque of Quebec. And on the charter of rights and freedoms that will be added to the new constitution. Male reporter not identified.

Further information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_L%C3%A9vesque

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Great Britain; Canada; Political reform; Civil and political rights; Independence; Constitutions; Political leaders; Quebec; Charters; Collective human rights; Rene Levesque

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