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Ontario premier John Robarts (left) confers with Prime Minister Pearson at conference in Ottawa to plan tomorrow's constitution. Behind them are Carl (...)
Ontario premier John Robarts (left) confers with Prime Minister Pearson at conference in Ottawa to plan tomorrow's constitution. Behind them are Carl (...)

Ontario premier John Robarts (left) confers with Prime Minister Pearson at conference in Ottawa to plan tomorrow's constitution. Behind them are Carl (...)

Date2/5/1968
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  • Ontario premier John Robarts (left) confers with Prime Minister Pearson at conference in Ottawa to plan tomorrow's constitution. Behind them are Carl (...)
  • Ontario premier John Robarts (left) confers with Prime Minister Pearson at conference in Ottawa to plan tomorrow's constitution. Behind them are Carl Goldenbert; special constitutional adviser; and Justice Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Meeting with Pearson; at his invitation; are all 10 provincial premiers. They're backed by federal cabinet ministers and some 80 high-ranking civil servants; who'll act as advisers. Canada's survival as a nation is at stake; Person soberly told premiers gathered in Confederation Room of West Block of Parliament Buildings. Just as conference got under way; a radiator burst.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ontario premier John Robarts (left) confers with Prime Minister Pearson at conference in Ottawa to plan tomorrow's constitution. Behind them are Carl Goldenbert; special constitutional adviser; and Justice Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Meeting with Pearson; at his invitation; are all 10 provincial premiers. They're backed by federal cabinet ministers and some 80 high-ranking civil servants; who'll act as advisers. Canada's survival as a nation is at stake; Person soberly told premiers gathered in Confederation Room of West Block of Parliament Buildings. Just as conference got under way; a radiator burst.
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