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Federal Political Career
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2004 - 2011 (Creation)
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0.73m of textual records
8 photographs
2 compact discs
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Series is composed of records related to Ujjal Dosanjh’s federal political career while serving as a federal cabinet minister and as an opposition critic. The contents of the records relate to election campaigns, Minister of Health responsibilities, and a bribery scandal involving politician Gurmant Grewal.
Election materials correspond to federal elections held in 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2011. The 2011 election is only represented by correspondence detailing Dosanjh’s loss and congratulatory messages about his political career. A general file includes a mix of miscellaneous records related to his federal career.
Minister of Health topics include: government health services, federal strategy to protect Canadian supply of safe and affordable prescription drugs in relation to internet pharmacies, American bulk import of Canadian prescription medications, and the defence of the Canada Health Act from provincial regulatory frameworks allowing private clinics to charge patients to jump the queue for medical services. Records are in the form of draft regulatory amendments, memorandums to cabinet; correspondence with MPs, members of the public, and American officials; committee reports, news releases, meeting summaries, speaking points, and briefing notes.
The Grewal investigation records includes numerous annotated transcripts, personal notes, media release statements, printed media reaction, word documents and audio files on a two compact discs, correspondence, and documentation of legal defence fees.
A collection of election campaign paraphernalia has been complied spanning Dosanjh’s federal political career with the Liberal Party. These include a name tag, business cards, handouts, pamphlets, leaflets, and posters.
Records related to the Federal Politics series in the form of contemporary media articles and correspondence may be found in the Media and Publicity series and the General Correspondence series.
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Material regarding the Gurmant Grewal investigation were located over several file folders spread throughout the boxes obtained from Dosanjh. There appeared to be little order, given the mix of documents and duplicates, thus the records have been arranged and sorted to better represent the subject and for ease of research use. Records contained within a three-ringed binder relating the Grewal investigation have been left in the order of the creator.
Minister of Health records are an exception to the general state of disarray of the records at the time of acquisition. Excluding the “general” file, all other Health Minister material maintains the original order of their respective folders. File titles have also been sourced from the original folders titles provided by their creator.
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Some files are restricted until January 01, 2068 as they concern third-party privacy.