Political and social issues are thereby brought into the limelight. The public hearings are indices to the opinions of both commissioners and the public on the issues under scrutiny. The briefs submitted by individuals and organizations contain important data, unavailable elsewhere, on both the sponsors and the issues. This collection includes transcripts and briefs of Royal Commissions. The transcripts contain the full verbatim record of the public hearings.
Briefs reveal the position taken by representative national pressure groups and individuals.
Briefs of Public Hearings . The mandate of this Commission, chaired by Gerald LeDain, called for an examination of the present state of knowledge on drug abuse, and an inquiry into the social, economic, educational and philosophical factors relating to the non-medical use of drugs. Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, 1963-1971. Transcripts of Public Hearings . This part includes transcripts of hearings and briefs.