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The Road to Patriation

Name: The Road to Patriation
Director: Robert A. Duncan
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1982-04-14
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 9
Cast: Alan Maitland, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Jean Chrétien

19821h 34m9.0Directed by Robert A. Duncan

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.

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