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Ian Waddell fonds
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Federal politics

Series contains files related to Waddell's service as Member of Canadian Parliament from 1979-1993. It includes files on local constituency issues as well as broader, national themes such as free trade and the Meech Lake Accord. Some subject files reflect Waddell's political career, rather than issues of office, such as a file dedicated to the coverage of Waddell's touching of a ceremonial mace, and a file representing his bid for NDP leadership. Records include correspondence, reports, press clippings, notes, news releases, and research.

Waddell's international involvement during this time, notably through the Canadian Parliamentarians for Global Action, can be found in the International work series.

Ian Waddell fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1798
  • Fonds
  • 1965 - 2017

The fonds consists of records created by or collected by Ian Waddell during his legal and political career. It contains six series: Community law, Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Commission, Federal politics, Provincial politics, Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, and International works.Three series follow Waddell's career path (Community law, Provincial politics and Federal politics). The International work series spans both provincial and federal timelines and therefore is its own series. The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry and Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs are series that represent two important landmarks of Waddell's career that dealt with important environmental and aboriginal issues.

Files are often subject focused, although some pertain to meetings, events, and organizations. Subject files typically contain multiple document types, including correspondence, published and draft reports, speeches and lectures, press clippings, published copies and drafts of legislation, notes, news releases, and itineraries and agendas.

These files were received following the completion of Waddell's memoir, which is noteworthy due to the potential influence on his arrangement of files, the contents of some files, as well as the intermittent inclusion of some records well outside the predominant date range of a series or file.

Waddell, Ian

International work

This series includes Waddell's work on the international scene, spanning his legal and political career. Most notably, the series features the early stages of advocacy for the International Criminal Court, through Waddell's involvement in the Canadian arm of Parliamentarians for Global Action (previously known as Parliamentarians for World Order). Contents include newsletters, press, correspondence, reports, agendas and itineraries, travel information, invitations, and research. Contents cover group memberships, travel and meetings, and subject files on international subjects.

Legal Aid

Includes original drawings of political cartoons. Some attributed to Sinclair or Gorde Sinclair, others not attributed.

Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry

From 1974 to 1977, Waddell served as Special Counsel on Justice Thomas R. Berger's Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry (also known as the Berger Commission). This royal commission was tasked with reviewing the social, environmental, and economic impacts of a proposed gas pipeline in the Yukon and Mackenzie River Valley of the Northwest Territories. The records in this series include research, correspondence, maps, reports submitted to the inquiry, and summaries of proceedings. It also includes memos and communications, agendas, and other information for Commission members, as well as reports and communications generated by the Commission. Press clippings from newspapers, newsletters, and magazines, cover topics related to the pipeline and inquiry, in addition to the Commission and its members. The miscellaneous files reflect the variety of content.

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