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Press Comments

File consists of newspaper clippings and photocopies of stories pertaining to adoption and adoption reunion, as well as other opinion pieces from monthly journals or books. It also contains a copy of Part VII of "Fifth Report of the Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law," which pertains to Adoption.

Other Jurisdictions

File consists of studies regarding adoption, as well as policies on Adoption reunions from multiple American States including Alabama, Connecticut, Kansas, Michigan, and South Carolina, and Canadian Provinces including British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunkswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, the Yukon Territories, Quebec, Newfoundland, and the Northwest Territories, as well as Great Britian.

Correspondence

  • CA TWU MS-12-55 11a
  • File
  • September 1972-December 12, 1974
  • Part of Mel Smith fonds

File consists of correspondence between Mel--and other individuals--and members of the Canadian Government, Judges, Newspaper and Radio employees who support and who are in opposittion to Adoption Reunion, as well as supportive material such as newspaper clippings, Government Reports, and Department minutes.

Clippings.

File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to BC provincial and federal matters including BC Companies Act, transportation and freight rates, Indigenous land claims, energy, and coal port development at Britannia in Howe Sound.

BC Energy Commission.

File consists of information and reports and newspaper clippings related to the BC Energy Commission hearings on the natural gas industry in the province.

Department of Attorney-General Privacy and Computer Banks.

File consists of correspondence pertaining the federal government proposal of establishing a Federal Human Rights Commission on how to manage computer banks and personal information data within various departments of the Federal Government. Mel informed colleague that the Department of Justice and the Federal Department of Communications a year prior had already begun conversations to which Mel was involved.

Alberta correspondence.

File consists of correpondence and sharing of information from Mel's counterpart in Alberta's Federal Provincial Interprovincial Relations, including organization chart, and copies of Alberta's throne speech (7 March 1974), Alberta's first report of the Department of Federal and Intergovernmental Affairs (1975), a copy of Alberta's Budget Address (30 May 1975), and news releases related to provincial matters.

Constitutional and Administrative Law and Federal Provincial Coordinator

The series consists mainly of correspondence and reports related to Mel's role as Director of Constitutional and Administrative Law for the province of BC, his role as lead provincial official for consumer affairs, and coordinator for the Federal-Provincial Affairs for BC Premier, Dave Barrett.

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