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University of British Columbia Archives Patricia Carney fonds Subseries
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Asia Pacific subseries

Subseries consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda and reports accumulated by Carney in her work with the Asia Pacific Initiative Advisory Committee and the Asia Pacific Foundation. Subseries also contains one folder of correspondence and brochures from Carney's involvement in the Abbotsford Airshow.

Atlantic Accord subseries

Subseries consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings and a diary relating to the signing of the Atlantic Accord. The correspondence includes dialogue between Minister Carney and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and Newfoundland’s Minister of Energy William Marshall. The sub-series also consists of a copy of the Atlantic Accord signed by Carney, Mulroney, Premier Brian Peckford, John Crosbie, Bill Marshall and others.

Canada U.S. Free Trade Agreement subseries

Subseries consist of diaries, personal notes, correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, and videos. The records document Minister Carny’s role in the evolution of the FTA. The subseries includes a copy of the Canada U.S. Free Trade Agreement signed by Pat Carney. The correspondence retained in this subseries contains a dialogue between Minister Carney, Simon Reisman, Canada’s chief FTA negotiator, Joe Clark, Minister of External Affairs, Michael Wilson, Minister of Finance, and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In addition, the subseries includes a box of materials, a purse, a baby sleeper, a frozen fish box etc., used by Carney while touring the country to promote the FTA. Additional records document FTA and NAFTA events, for example, the 1990 Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations - which occurred after Carney’s tenure as Minister of International Trade. The videos, which can be located in the University Archives Audio-Visual collection, are of nightly television news coverage of the FTA and presentations by Carney on the Agreement. The subseries also includes records from the tenth anniversary of the FTA and consists of the loss and rediscovery of Pat Carney’s documents donated to the National Archives of Canada.

Expo 86 subseries

Subseries consists of speaking notes, itineraries, magazines and brochures. Speaking notes and various publications from the Department of External Affairs were created during numerous state visits by foreign dignitaries to Expo 86, held in Vancouver, British Columbia. In addition, the sub-series includes records from visits by American Vice-President George Herbert Walker Bush and the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Foreign Missions and State Visits subseries

Subseries includes personal notes, briefing notes, itineraries and newspapers from official missions to China by Minister Carney. In addition, the subseries consist of materials from Expo 85, Tsukuba, Japan. The subseries also contains programs and menus from official state functions Carney attended as Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources.

General Ministerial Records subseries

Subseries consists of correspondence, speeches, magazines and other materials which reflect Carney’s general activities as Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources. The sub-series also contains notes from the 1985 First Ministers Conference on the economy and Privy Council publications which outline the positions of Minister and Deputy Minister.

South Pacific Trade Forum subseries

Subseries consists of External Affairs briefing books, correspondence, news releases, travel claims, and tourist brochures from Vanuatu. The materials reflect Carney's participation in the South Pacific trade talks. Although Carney had been appointed to the senate and no longer held the portfolio of Minister of International Trade, at the request of Joe Clark Carney, she attended the talks as a member of the Canadian negotiation team. The photographs in the subseries include shots of Carney in Vanuatu and various views of the island.

State Functions subseries

Subseries consists of correspondence, official invitations, photographs, slides, and brochures. In addition, the subseries includes programs and menus from the state visits of President and Mrs. Mitterrand and President and Mrs. Reagan. The subseries also contains photographs from various missions by Carney to China and Japan and photographs from the opening ceremony of the Canadian Embassy in Osaka, Japan.

Western Accord subseries

Subseries consists of records relating to the signing of the Western Accord, also referred to as the Agreement of Natural Gas Pricing. The sub-series includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and a copy of the Agreement on Natural Gas Markets and Prices signed by Prime Minister Mulroney. The sub-series also includes research materials on Carney's participation in the Western Accord, including memoranda, articles and other materials. Four videos on the signing of the Agreement - predominantly nightly television news clippings.