Constitutional development in the Yukon Territory: perspectives on the "(Jake) Epp letter".

From: Arctic | Date: March 1, 1999| Author: Smyth, Steven | Copyright information

STEVEN SMYTH (1)

(Received 11 February 1998; accepted in revised form 14 August 1998)

ABSTRACT. The 1978 Yukon Territorial election was the first to be contested by all three territorial political parties. The Yukon Territorial Progressive Conservative Party, which won the election, quickly demanded constitutional change, and received a positive response from the federal Progressive Conservative government in 1979. The Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs,...

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