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B.C. Social Credit Party leadership convention, July 1986 : [excerpts]

CALL NUMBER: T4342:0016 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1986-07-28 to -30 SUMMARY: Opening remarks; homage to Premier Bill Bennett from Chester Johnson, Chairman of B.C. Hydro; Jimmy Pattison, head of Expo Corporation; soundtrack of celebratory film featuring Expo music. (40 minutes;); CALL NUMBER: T4342:0016 - 0020 RECORDED: Whistler (B.C.), 1986-07-28 to -30 SUMMARY: Excerpts from the 1986 Social Credit leadership convention won by Bill Vander Zalm.; CALL NUMBER: T4342:0017 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1986-07-28 to -30 SUMMARY: Last several minutes of Bill Bennett speech; presentation of a boat and a car to the retiring premier. (7 minutes); CALL NUMBER: T4342:0018 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1986-07-28 to -30 SUMMARY: Speeches by Jim Nielsen (entire) and Bill Ritchie (partial). (30 minutes); CALL NUMBER: T4342:0019 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1986-07-28 to -30 SUMMARY: Announcement of the 4th ballot results; concession by Brian Smith, Grace McCarthy; welcoming speech by Bill Bennett; pundits speculate on Vander Zalm style. (30 minutes); CALL NUMBER: T4342:0020 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1986-07-28 to -30 SUMMARY: Vander Zalm acceptance speech; post convention commentary by panel of journalists. (25 minutes);

CBC Radio coverage of the province-wide strike and confrontation between unions and the B.C. government, November 1986

SUMMARY: CBC Radio coverage of the province-wide strike and confrontation between unions and the B.C. government during the period November 1-18, 1986. These are dubs from cassette airchecks of items on the th;e CBC's regional public affairs program "Daybreak", hosted by Bob Sharples. Several short excerpts were used by Gary Marcuse in the Ideas documentary series "The New Right in B.C." The original cassettes were returned to the CBC and recycled. Therefore, these dubs are the only known recordings of CBC's coverage of the events during this period. Includes news broadcasts, political analysis, "open-;line" call-in items, etc.;

Michael Walker interview

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1987-04-08 SUMMARY: Michael Walker, director of the Fraser Institute, discusses the 1983 restraint legislation of the Bennett government; the nature of Neoconservatism; continuity in legislation and philosophy between Be;nnett and Vander Zalm; disputes arising out of the legislation; perception of B.C. elsewhere in Canada.;