Ottawa – The National Archives of Canada will release the 1970 Cabinet Conclusions and Documents on Monday, April 23, 2001. These are the documents of the Twentieth Ministry of the Right Honourable Pierre Elliot Trudeau, 1968 to 1979.

Journalists are invited to Room 156 at 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12 noon.

The records from this period contain information on events relating to the FLQ crisis as well as the implementation of the War Measures Act, the Montreal Postal situation, Canada’s recognition of China, the Niamey Conference (and creation of La Francophonie), bilingualism policy, income security, the fight against inflation and Arctic sovereignty.

After the session, these Cabinet Conclusions and Documents will be accessible for a period of four weeks in the Main Reading Room of the National Archives. Interested media must register for a research pass in the main lobby of the Archives at 395 Wellington Street. The Registration Desk is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The National Archives is also pleased to announce that digitized copies of these Cabinet Conclusions will be available, for the first time, on the National Archives Web site as of Wednesday, April 25. These can be found at www.collectionscanada.ca under ArchiviaNet. Go to “Records created by departments and agencies of the Federal Government”, and “Search Database” and then check off the box “Descriptions with a digitized image”. Leave blank “Keywords” search and press “Submit query”.

For further information, please contact:
Louisa Coates
Senior Communications Officer
National Archives of Canada
E-mail: media@lac-bac.gc.ca