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• Title:Patricia Carney fonds
  
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• Author/Creator:Carney, Pat.
  
• Published/Created:1960-2000, predominant 1980-1993
  

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  • Location:UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES ASRS storageWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number:No call number available 
  • Number of Items:60
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:Box 1-46.
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Carney, Pat.
  
• Description:5. 48 m of textual records and other material
  
• Summary:The fonds consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, minutes, memoranda, personal notes, diaries, photographs, videos and an assortment of ephemera collected by Carney over her years in federal politics. The fonds consists predominantly of materials reflecting Carneys political life. Records from her years in the Official Opposition (1980-1984) and in government (1984-1988) consist of parliamentary reports, minutes from Neighbourhood Nights and correspondence from constituents. The majority of materials reflect Carneys tenure as Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (1984-1986), and Minister of International Trade (1986-1988). For dates during the evolution of both the Atlantic and Western Accords, these records include correspondence between Carney and provincial premiers, Prime Minister Mulroney, and provincial Ministers of Energy. Records from the FTA include a copy of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, correspondence with Simon Reisman, Finance Minister Michael Wilson, Mulroney, and other Cabinet Ministers. FTA materials also include correspondence and newspaper clippings from the ten-year anniversary of the FTA. The records also include numerous handwritten notes from Carneys participation on the Priorities and Planning Committee of the Cabinet. The fonds also includes records from State Visits of the Prince and Princess of Wales and American Vice-President George Herbert Walker Bush to Expo 86, as well as State Visits by President and Mrs. Reagan of the United States and President and Mrs. Mitterrand of France. The fonds also contains records from Carneys position as Senator including a series dedicated to the Task Force on Barriers to Women in the Public Service. In addition, the fonds contains a series of Carneys School of Community and Regional Planning teaching materials as well as a limited amounts from both her private life and her career as an economic journalist.
  
• Biography/history note:Patricia Carney was born in Shanghai, China on 26 May, 1935. Carney spent the majority of her childhood in the Kootenay region of British Columbia before earning a B.A. in Economics and Political Science at the University of British Columbia in 1960. An Economist by trade, in the 1960s Carney worked as an economic journalist writing weekly columns for the Vancouver Province and the Vancouver Sun. In the 1970s Carney formed a consulting company called Gemini North which provided consulting services on various issues concerning predominantly northern Canadian affairs. During the 1970s Carney returned to UBC to earn an M.A. in Regional Planning. In the late 1970s Carney was approached by the Progressive Conservative Party to run as an MP for the riding of Vancouver Centre. She was first elected for Vancouver Centre in 1980 and was re-elected in 1984. In her first term Carney served as the Official Oppositions Energy Critic. In September 1984, when the Progressive Conservatives formed the government under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Carney was sworn to the Queens Privy Council when she was appointed Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources in Mulroneys Cabinet. In her capacity as Minister of Energy Carney dismantled the Liberals National Energy Policy [NEP] replacing it with new Agreements. In Canadas Atlantic region, Carney constructed the Atlantic Accord, while in western Canada the Conservative energy policy took the form of the Western Accord in which Carney instigated the Agreement on Natural Gas Markets and Prices. In June 1986, Carney was appointed Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for the Free Trade Agreement [FTA]. During FTA negotiations with the United States Carney worked closely with Simon Reisman, Canadas chief negotiator, as well as Joe Clark, Michael Wilson, and other members of the Mulroney Cabinet. In April 1988 Carney was appointed President of the Treasury Board, serving a short term in this position before a brief retirement from politics a result of a severe arthritic condition. She returned to federal politics when Prime Minister Mulroney appointed her to the Senate on 30 August 1990. She currently sits on the following Senate committees: Aboriginal Peoples, Fisheries, and Foreign Affairs. Carney was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of British Columbia on 29 May, 1990. She currently serves as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC.
  
• Indexes and finding aids:Series descriptions and file list available.
  
• Local note:Includes: 261 photographs, 18 video tapes, 3 audio tapes, 1 map, and ephemera.
  
• Notes:Title based on the contents of the fonds.