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The Constitution of Canada – Constitution Overload subseries contains 17 files discussing the formation of Canada, constitutional changes, and Canadian history. Files are arranged by topic. This subseries contains a variety of document types including political cartoons, research materials, House of Commons debates, memorandum, correspondence, newspaper clippings, presentations made to Parliamentary committees, press releases, and reports. The specific topics this subseries covers are the effect of politics and ideology on the historicizing of events, political cartoons critiquing Canadian politics, the Meech Lake Accord, constitutional reform, the role of Queen Victoria in the British North America Act of 1867, corruption at the trial of Louis Riel, the push for unity leading up to the 1995 Quebec separatism referendum, and the Supreme Court case establishing rules for sovereignty.