Queye TV The Road to Patriation
Documentary
The Road to Patriation
1982
1:34
★ 9
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This feature documentary retraces the century of haggling by successive federal and provincial governments to agree on a formula to bring home the Canadian Constitution from England. This film concentrates on the politicking and lobbying that finally led to its patriation in 1982. Five prime ministers had failed before Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau took up the challenge in the early 1970s. Principal players in this documentary are federal Minister of Justice Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister Trudeau, 10 provincial premiers and a host of journalists, politicians, lawyers, and diplomats on both sides of the Atlantic.

Cast

Alan Maitland

Narrator (voice)

Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Self (archive footage)

Jean Chrétien

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Robert A. Duncan

Director

Robert A. Duncan

Writer

Fred Hillier

Editor

Ron Orieux

Cinematography

Jacques Drouin

Sound

James MacCarthy

Sound

Chris Moore

Sound

Robert A. Duncan

Producer

Jennifer Torrance

Producer

George Johnson

Executive Producer

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