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RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979-07-24 SUMMARY: [No content summary or dcoumentation available for this interview.];

This series consists of executive records of the Court Services Branch, including those of the Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Attorney General. Records range in date from 1973-1994. This includes operational and administrative files from the Court Services Headquarters in Victoria and may relate to all court registries throughout BC.

The majority of records consist of correspondence, minutes, reference material, forms, drafts, legislation, and manuals. The first two accessions are arranged according to a Court Services specific file code system.

Files may regard: legislation drafting, amending or reference; circulars; news releases and clippings; statistics; executive correspondence referral replies or complaints, many related to issues with members of the public obtaining copies of documents or other services from Court Services; liaison and co-operation with other political bodies; creation of forms; administrative records related to staffing and appointments; wrongful imprisonment; staff errors and complaints against staff; escape incident case files; escort and security procedures; registry policy and procedures including their development, legal requirements and circulation to all registries; Family Court procedures, including the enforcement of Family Maintenance orders; personal property and debt collection case files; executions and serving of documents including procedures, complaints and staff appointments; interpleader files and actions against sheriffs; and, subject files on a variety of topics.

There are also many committee and meeting records, including those of Court Services Policy Board, Board of Sheriffs, Regional Court Administrators, Board of District Managers, Court Services Advisory Board, Court Services Status of Women Committee, Ministerial Case Management Evaluation Task Force Committee, Victim Assistance Committee, Justice Institute, Corrections Branch, Executive Policy Board, Canadian Bar Association, BC Association of Chiefs of Police, and various committees reviewing legislation and planning its implementation.

Files in accession 92-4831 were created from the mid-1980s on and utilize a different file system known as the Operational Records Classification System (ORCS) and Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS). These records relate to IT projects, budgets, various committee files, and the procedural analysis of the Provincial Family Court and Family Maintenance Enforcement Program (FMEP).

The Ministry responsible for these records and associated dates are:

British Columbia. Ministry of Attorney General (1979-)
British Columbia. Ministry of the Attorney-General (1976-1979)
British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General (1871-1976)

CALL NUMBER: T3860:0040 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Attorney General Garde Gardom RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-06-21 SUMMARY: Attorney General Garde Gardom on the Family Relation Act.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0041 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Premier Bennett RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-06-21 SUMMARY: Premier Bill Bennett on the Ekhardt Commission on Election Reform.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0042 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Health minister Bob McClelland RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-06-27 SUMMARY: Health Minister Bob McClelland on amendments to the Heroin Treatment Act.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0043 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): NDP leader Dave Barrett RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-06-28 SUMMARY: NDP leader Dave Barrett on his economic mission to Europe, the results of the Legislative session, and the Heroin Treatment Act.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0044 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Provincial Secretary Grace McCarthy RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-07-06 SUMMARY: Provincial Secretary Grace McCarthy on settlement of the "Princess Marguerite" [strike?], one -day shut down, and maximum tourism statistics.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0045 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Attorney General Garde Gardom RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-07-07 SUMMARY: Attorney General Garde Gardom announces a task force on Motor Vehicle laws.; CALL NUMBER: T3860:0046 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): BC Hydro chairman Robert Bonner RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-07-12 SUMMARY: BC Hydro chairman Robert Bonner on pressurized, fluidized bed combustion [for] coal-fired power generation.;

The item is a VHS cassette which contains a 1992 speech about the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Bill given by BC's Attorney-General, the Hon. Colin Gabelmann. Murray Rankin speaks after Gabelmann. The speech is preceded by an introduction by unnamed speaker.

This series consists of federal-provincial cost sharing agreement histories for services provided by the provincial Ministry of Health, Ministry of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Human Resources. Agreements were between the federal government and the relevant ministry from 1976-1985.

The records document the development and operation of a variety of health and social services, including the Canada Assistance Plan (CAP), Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons (VRDP) program, and the Young Offenders Act (YOA) agreements. These programs provided social and medical supports, including mental health services and drug and alcohol treatment programs.

Records include meeting agenda, minutes, audit reports, correspondence, paylists, policies, procedures, draft agreements, legislation, treasury board submissions, cabinet submissions, financial records, and subject files relating to direct services funded agencies. The subject files in boxes 9 and 10 are arranged by the name of the agency or group that provided the funded services, then by year. Subject files are organized with separate sub-folders for related records of approval, working papers, backups, and claims and “form M”.

These records were transferred under one time schedule number 870458.

CALL NUMBER: T1363:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Garde Gardom: Comments on railway commission PWA and porography PERIOD COVERED: 1965-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-02-10 & 22 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Attorney-General Garde Gardom comments on the BCR Commission vis-à-vis the M.E.L. Paving case, 1977-02-10. TRACK 2: Gardom comments on the purchase of Pacific Western Airlines by the Alberta; government, and on "no major hard-core pornography problems in BC", 1977-02-22. CALL NUMBER: T1363:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Garde Gardom: Comments on retirement of David Vickers and pornography RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Attorney-General Garde Gardom comments on the retirement of Deputy Minister David Vickers. Also, a statement from David Vickers to the effect that there was no disagreement between him and the Socred government, 1977-03-28. TRACK 2: Gardom discusses the standards for prosecuting pornography, 1977-03-28. CALL NUMBER: T1363:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Garde Gardom: Comments on police college and other matters RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Attorney-General Garde Gardom comments on the location of the BC Police College and on violence in magazine. Also includes comments of Deputy Attorney-General David Vickers, 1977-04-19. TRACK 2: Gardom comments on matters such as the Fred Quilt case, the Good Hope Lake case, and the BC Police College, 1977-04-26. CALL NUMBER: T1363:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Garde Gardom: Social Credit cabinet ministers RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Attorney-General Garde Gardom comments on new family legislation and proposal to withhold equalization payments from Quebec. Also: Municipal Affairs Minster Hugh Curtis comments on meeting with Regional District directors on the topic of the Islands Trust; Forests Minister Tom Waterland on the spraying of spruce budworm; Economic Development Minister Don Phillips on the halting of BC Railway construction; and Education Minister Pat MCGeer on French as a second language in Vancouver schools, 1977-05-19. TRACK 2: Gardom announces crackdown on impaired drivers, 1977-05-30. CALL NUMBER: T1363:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Garde Gardom: On organised crime and ombudsman act RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Attorney-General Garde Gardom discusses the problems of fighting organized crime in BC; says that he is seriously considering appointing a crime commission. The role of CLEU in fighting crime, 1977-06-14. TRACK 2: Gardom explains the Ombudsman Act, 1977-06-20. CALL NUMBER: T1363:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Garde Gardom: On juvenile offenders and land conveyances RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-06 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Attorney-General Garde Gardom announces the possibility of jail sentences for juvenile offenders, 1977-06-21. TRACK 2: Gardom explains proposed changes in land conveyancing. Also: Human Resources Minister Bill Vander Zalm on the bill that will abolish the Vancouver Resources Board, 1977-06-22. CALL NUMBER: T1363:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Garde Gardom: On drunk driving and counterattack and RCMP RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 & 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Attorney-General Garde Gardom conducts a press conference to discuss measures taken to counteract drunken driving, 1977-12-12. TRACK 2: In a press conference, Gardom explains the BC government's position on RCMP break-ins, 1978-04-28.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [1978-06?] SUMMARY: An interview with Gilbert Kennedy, the Deputy Attorney-General of British Columbia. [No documentation is available for this interview.]

The series consists of television commercials and public service announcements made by the Ministry of Human Resources, with the participation of the Ministry of the Attorney-General, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health in 1979 as part of the "Year of the Child and Family in B.C."

Series consists of posters created by various B.C. government ministries. Topics and events include, but are not limited to, centennial and bicentennial celebrations, travel within the province, Expo 86, venereal disease prevention, drinking-driving counterattacks, trades' skill profiles, birds, animals, and environmental protection.

The series consists of records, predominantly from the 1990s and 2000s, created by the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) Treaty Negotiations. The records in this series reflect the ADM’s role in providing executive leadership to the Treaty Negotiations' Office prior to and during the 2000s; from 2001-2005, the Treaty Negotiations Office resided with the Ministry of Attorney General and was renamed the Ministry of Attorney General Treaty Negotiations Office. In 2005 the Treaty Negotiations office became part of the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation (2005-2017). Records in this series document the government’s evolving relationship with Indigenous groups. Some of these records capture the province’s negotiations with Indigenous groups to achieve reconciliation and legal certainty over the ownership and use of Crown land and resources in the province. The records also focus on some of the Treaty Negotiations Office core business areas such as intergovernmental agreements and negotiation preparation, individual First Nations negotiations, and final agreement implementation. Some of the indigenous groups referenced in this series include the Nisga’a, Shíshálh, the Métis, Dene, Snuneymuxw, and the Squamish.

Many of the records document the different types of agreements between Indigenous groups and the provincial government; for example, interim measures, agreements in principle, resource management agreements/ plans, treaty related measures, land and cash offers, and self-government agreements. Some records document the activities of the regional negotiating teams. The records also include information on the Nisga’a final agreement; the first agreement in BC to provide constitutional certainty of an Indigenous peoples’ right to self-government. Ratified in 1999, this agreement came into effect in 2000. The series also includes records reflecting the BC Treaty Commission (BCTC) six stage approach to negotiating treaties with Indigenous groups: Stage 1 – Statement of Intent; Stage 2 – Preparation for Negotiations; Stage 3 – Negotiation of a Framework Agreement; Stage 4 – Negotiation of an Agreement in Principle (AIP); Stage 5 – Negotiation to Finalize a Treaty; and Stage 6 – Implementation of a Treaty. The province’s controversial BC treaty referendum in 2002 is also captured in this series. Some administrative records are interspersed among files in this series.

The records are arranged by topic. They include correspondence, presentations, copies of briefing notes, transition binders, manuals, reports, estimates and other financial records, drafts, meeting materials, agreements, business continuity plans, and other records. These records are classified under the Executive Records schedule (102906). They also include some ORCS (Operational Classification System) codes from the approved/draft Aboriginal Affairs ORCS (schedule 880711), 1992, and ARCS (Administrative Records Classification System) codes.

This series consists of subject files, correspondence and other records from the Office of the Attorney General from 1945-1972, 1974-2001. The records document all aspects of the Attorney General's role, including: advice to Cabinet; political oversight of the ministry; and involvement in inter-ministerial and inter-governmental initiatives. Files relate to all branches and functions of the Ministry of Attorney General and many include an overview of the work conducted by various branches of the ministry.

The majority of records are annual subject or correspondence files documenting the Attorney General’s liaison with government ministries and other government bodies, such as BC Ferries and BC Hydro. For earlier records, this includes annual correspondence files with Members of the Legislative Assembly, Ministers, and a few members of the public such as concerned citizens, and representatives of various organizations or companies. These files may contain correspondence in and out, alongside related reference material. In later series outgoing correspondence may be filed separately as flimsies (outgoing correspondence sent by the Attorney General). Some of the flimsies reply to correspondence written by members of the public and subsequently forwarded to the Attorney General from various officials for a response.

In addition, many records are copies requiring review or approval by the Attorney General, such as requests for legislation, and orders in council (OICs) and related background information.

Other types of records vary over the years and may include: Police Board records, including minutes; settlement offers with First Nations; Police Services complaints commission records; Human Rights Tribunal records, including reasons for decision; annual reports; legal opinions; press releases; newspaper clippings; staff personnel records; newsletters; correspondence; statistics; reports; budgets; audits; Freedom of Information requests; Treasury Board submissions; newspaper clippings; court records; files related to sessions of parliament including Bills, notes and responses to questions; daily journals or agendas (these are the only records in the series covering the years 1945-1951); briefs submitted to Cabinet from interested third parties. Many records appear to be informational to keep the Attorney General informed about various issues or the progress of programs and projects.

The subjects included in these records are extremely diverse, as the Attorney General interacted with all branches of government. A few prominent subjects include: liquor control, Doukhobors, Policing, allegations of corruption and abuse of authority by government officials or police, horse racing, conferences, Royal Commissions, Bank of British Columbia, Columbia River Treaty and power development project, and Dominion Provincial Conferences.

The records include a VHS videotape providing an overview of Thomas R. Berger’s report addressing claims of sexual abuse at Jericho Hill School for the Deaf. The videotape also contains the Attorney General at the time, the Honorable Colin Gablemann’s ministerial statement tabling Berger’s report to the Legislature on June 28th, 1995.

Names and dates of Attorney Generals covering these records are:
Robert Bonner (1952–1968)
Leslie Peterson (1968–1972)
Alex MacDonald (1972–1975)
Brian Smith (1983-1988)
Bud Smith (1988-1990)
Russell Fraser (1990-1991)
Colin Gabelmann (1991-1995)
Ujjal Dosanjh (1995–2000)
Andrew Petter (2000)
Graeme Bowbrick (2000–2001)
Geoff Plant (2001–2005)

These records are covered under Executive Records schedule 102906. Accession 86-0270 is covered under onetime schedule number 860140.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Brian Smith, Provincial Attorney General, is on the show first to discuss the appearance of a cover-up in a recent charge of theft against Vancouver police officer Clarke Winterton; amendments to the Police Act; independent reviews of police actions; conflicts of interest. Then a story on mining in BC and Jack speaks with Tom Waterland, President of the Mining Association of BC.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: To start the show, Jack speaks with Brian Smith, BC Attorney General. They discuss the firing of Cabinet Minister Jack Kempf due to unacceptable financial practices; self-government agreements for First Nations; the introduction of a pilot project of electronic surveillance. Then Jack speaks with Dr. Madsen Pirie, a British economist. They discuss Margaret Thatcher’s policy of privatization.