Series consists of administrative records of the Reform Party of Canada from the beginnings of the Party until it's reformation into the Canadian Alliance.
Populism
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- Subseries consists of records created and accumulated by Ken Warenko, Preston Manning's assistant.
- Includes correspondence, itineraries, manuals, reports, and other materials related to Preston Manning's activities.
- Subseries consists of early administrative records of the Reform Party primarily created prior to a reorganization of the Party’s main functions along departmental lines in 1991. During the early years of the Party there was no formal administrative structure and hence these records relating to constituency development, fundraising, financial tracking, communications and policy appear to have been created and maintained by the Chief Administrative Officer, Donna Larson, who also acted in the capacity of manager of fundraising and membership development.
- Includes area council minutes, head office bulletins, fundraising letters, Reform Fund Canada minutes, press releases, speeches, auditor’s reports, constituency development files, candidate recruitment records, budgets, cash flow/audit files, financial statements, speeches, Senate campaign records, the Party constitution, and related materials.
Series consists of reports, meeting materials, the Leader’s press secretary and assistant's records, and correspondence handled through the Leader’s office.
Series consists of records relating to the process of developing Party policy through investigation of a variety of issues and the establishment of “task forces”, communicating policy resolutions to the Party membership for consideration at Assemblies, and publicizing policy positions to a wider audience via a variety of media.
Subseries consists of records relating to policy and the development of policy by the Reform Party. Includes the Party’s Blue Books (the principles and policies of the Party that were passed at Assemblies by Party members), briefing handbooks on Party policy for candidates (Quick Facts and others), Reform caucus policy development manuals, correspondence and memos relating to a variety of policy issues and to task forces, draft resolutions, minutes of some task force meetings, policy publications produced by the Party, reports, speeches, and files relating to the review and amendment of the Party constitution.
Series consists of speeches given by Preston Manning, Tom Flanagan, Deborah Grey, Stephen Harper, and others at various events, and by Reform Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. The majority of the speeches included in the series were given by Manning with several versions of the same speech that was given at different locations exist in some instances.
- Subseries consists of records relating to the task forces established by the Party to investigate specific policy issues.
- Includes terms of reference, task force membership lists, preliminary and final reports, feedback to preliminary reports, research materials, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, submissions, progress schedules, and Executive Council ballots on task force reports. Also includes Task Force Administrative Guidelines that provides information to Party officers on how to establish and administer a task force.