Contains records relating to the Provincial Council meeting, December 7th and 8th, 1996. Includes meeting agendas and minutes, financial statements, handwritten notes, sign-in sheets, committee reports, and other related materials. Also includes a VHS video cassette of Glen Clark delivering a speech to Provincial council.

Label on the VHS tape reads: "Glen Clark speech to P. Council Dec 7/96. Also Q.A. session. Approx 1.5 hours"

Contains provincial council meeting minutes and agenda, handwritten notes, resolutions, financial statement, attendance sheets, and other related materials, including 2 audio cassette tapes of Glen Clark addressing the Provincial Council:

Tape 1 label reads: "Glen Clark @ Provincial Council Sept 21/96 VCR"
Tape 2 label reads: "Glen Clark Nov 2/96 VANC. Tape 2"

File includes meeting agendas and minutes, handwritten notes, financial statements, resolutions, reports, and other related materials, including a copy of the final "Report of the Renewal Commission for Party Reform," dated February 1, 1996. The report contains recommendations "to restore the confidence of the public and the party members in the B.C. NDP and its' goals and aims" following public controversy surrounding the investigations into the activities of the Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society.

File includes meeting agendas and minutes, handwritten notes, financial statements, resolutions, reports, and other related materials.

Also included is a large pack of photocopied news clippings and media transcripts related to the various recall campaigns against NDP members, and the David Stockell case.

Contains meeting notes and agendas; handwritten notes; financial statements; 1997 federal election results; a copy of a court document from the Friesen v Hammell case ("Further Particulars of Misrepresentation and Non-Disclosure Referred to in Paragraph 47 of the Petition Herein that Constitute the Fraudulent Means Referred to as Violations of 256(2) of the Elections Act in Paragraphs 49 and 50 of the Petition"); a copy of 1996 general election results from the electoral district of Surrey-White Rock; a memo from Ron Stipp, Director of Organization to the Table officers, dated June 9, 1997 ("Re: post-election and looking ahead"); and other related documents.

Contains meeting minutes and agendas, handwritten notes, future meeting schedules, motions submitted by NDP constituency associations, budget and financial documents, media clippings (topics covered include: NDP candidate Leonard Krog running in an upcoming 1998 Parksville-Qualicum byelection; coverage of a 1998 anti-NDP rally; and coverage of political commentary concerning a treaty with the Nsga'a First Nations), and a legal document with the ruling of Commissioner Murray L. Smith on the investigation into the activities of the Nanaimo Commonwealth Holding Society (known as the Smith Commission), accompanied by a copy of a press release dated August 5, 1998, that announced the adjournment of the Smith Commission Inquiry until the criminal proceedings against Dave Stupich and his associates are concluded.

Contains meeting minutes and agenda, copies of court documents, correspondence and memoranda, financial statements, membership tracking spreadsheets, media clippings related to the Paul Ramsey recall campaign, and other related materials.

Court documents and legal correspondence include:
*Two factums prepared by legal representative John Finlay for NDP appelants in the Friesen v. Hammell case

*Legal correspondence related to the Paul Ramsey recall campaign and the Harkonen v. Patterson case

*A writ of summons and a statement of defence from the defendants in a defamation case brought forward by Bruce Ralston (President, BC NDP) and Brian Gardiner (Provincial Secretary, BC NDP) against Southam Publishing and several writers for the Vancouver Sun (September and October, 1998)

Includes meeting minutes and agenda, strategy documents electoral constituencies, clippings about recall campaigns, financial statements, a draft copy of a "Submission to the Electoral Boundaries Comission Submitted by Bruce Ralston, President On Behalf of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia", and other related materials.

Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP members and the Provincial Secretary, as well as copies of correspondence from one law firm to another; drafts and copies of legal documents; related publicity and news clippings.

Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP MLA's, and between the lawyers and the Provincial Secretary; copies of court documents, public communications concerning the case; a copy of the results of a poll conducted about the balanced budget; and other publicity related to the case.

Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP members and the Provincial Secretary, other party members, and other law firms; drafts and copies of legal documents; related publicity.

Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP members and the Provincial Secretary, other party members, and other law firms; copies of court documents; public communications and other publicity related to the case.

Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP MLA's, and between the lawyers, their clients, and the Provincial Secretary; copies of court documents; public communications and other publicity related to the case.

Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP members and the Provincial Secretary, other party members, and other law firms; drafts and copies of legal documents.

Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP members and the Provincial Secretary, other party members, and other law firms; drafts and copies of legal documents; public communications and other publicity related to the case..

Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP members and the Provincial Secretary, other party members, and other law firms; drafts and copies of legal documents; related publicity and news clippings; and a detailed research report on the National Citizen's Coalition (NCC), an organization offering funding and campaign support to David Stockell and HELP BC.

Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP members and the Provincial Secretary, other party members, and other law firms; drafts and copies of legal documents; related publicity and news clippings.

Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP members and the Provincial Secretary, other party members, and other law firms; drafts and copies of legal documents; public communications and other publicity related to the case.

Contains correspondence between the various law firms engaged to represent NDP members and the Provincial Secretary, other party members, and other law firms; drafts and copies of legal documents; public communications and other publicity related to the case.

Contains news clippings, media transcripts, and other materials related to the David Stockell case.

Includes drafts of submissions to the court and other related documents, including a copy of the provincial election results of May 28, 1996 by electoral district, legal research, and other material. The majority of the drafts have been prepared by Ian Aikenhead, the legal counsel for Dale Lovick in the Friesen v. Hammell case.

Contains three bound booklets of court submissions: A memorandum of argument of the respondents, except Dale Lovick and the New Democratic Party; a supplemental memorandum of argument of the respondents, except Dale Lovick and the New Democratic Party; and a memorandum of argument on the petitioner's class proceeding certification application of the respondent New Democratic Party of British Columbia.

File contains copies of public media advertising run before the 1996 provincial election.

Contains news clippings predominantly about NDP candidate Sue Hammell (elected MLA for the Surrey-Green Timbers electoral district in the 1996 provincial election), and campaign literature.

Contains correspondence and copies of internal memos and public communications submitted by the petitioners.

Contains copies of internal government documents, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, used in the preparation of the 1996/97 provincial budget.