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What the Tribunal has before it is as corn plete a record ascan be corn piled. When considering the record, focus noton the gaps, but on the composite picture that emerges:
Considering the Factual Record
1964 AgreementBoundary
"... it is impossible to rely upon a few words taken:trom a single note...
"The Court considers that too much importance neednot be attached to the few uncertainties orcontradictions, real or apparent, which the UnitedKingdom Government claims to have discovered ...They may be easily understood in the light of thevariety of facts and conditions prevailing in the longperiod which has elapsed..."
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Submissions on the Facts
The facts reveal that in agreeing on their mutual boundary the parties:
1. Intended to conclude, and did conclude, a binding agreement on their
boundaries;
2. Delimited the entirety of their mutual boundary, out to the limits of thecontinental shelf subject to Canadianjurisdiction at intemationallaw;
3. Described their boundary accurately and completely;
4. Regarded the agreement between them as of immediate effect;
5. Considered their agreed boundaries applicable to all forms of rights relatingto the mineral resources of the continental shelf...
6. and only to rights relating to the mineral resources of the shelf -just as in
the present-day Accords
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Offshore mineral rights and boundaries were againconsidered by the Premiers at their Conference ofSeptember 21, 1960.
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the City of Quebec tbe Ministers of Minis passed the following resolution:
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"Relations between the provinces" were distinguished fromrelations "between the provinces and the Federal Authority".
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Jlt seems that the matter of off-shore mi,neral rights. as theyaffect the relations bet'ween provinces, and between the provinces and theFederal Authority t is one which de'serves careful coneideration :and shouldbe clarified. In the event that any mineral find took place in such areas,it might be of the ubost impor1:an,ce that the provinces conc'erned were inagreem:ent on their respectiye rights in advance of IU1Ydiscovery .1
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!/h.t 001" .pp.".ch ,'~,,)"~d b~ t~ t~. r.~~ral nUlh..riU.., io of c"un.~ «".stioo of poUoy. 00. -.:O'.""S.. ~",I 'C, ~;\oY ''''Y~ p,~~'II.p' lih" "~',ld b. ~on,..id.ro,! tho "",.~ tl...r.bl" co,''',,, wo'.ld o. \'0 ,.bt,'in o,gr..".n, fr'" tl'.F~<lual ~~thoriti.. ',hat '1'.0 Province. "IL".ld !> th. "io.ro1 ci~hl' in th~.u.b"",u.e .rau, Pnh.p. 0". ""y of ~i'<i~~ .rro,t "~atI,;, "n"!d b. . ced~lin...tion Of the provin~j,'l !;""nd,.,.. '$ ~O"',1 b. Po.~,b".. .I .hink undor thi:a, ,:;. A. ,\,:~ "'""'~w.e.~ of 1871. Ihi.. or .°,,,,,, Y",,!l~in",.i.vQ .vnotu.,),Fod.f'1 Logi$latl~n b~~, foe .ho. 1>..".b.'"1 . '."".i.<".,.,t ..oold ~. ~,~H. ,uffi"oi."t fu ou:r P"'1'°'." .\[\Oth~" coono, ""uld b. :. rM~. ." "Food ,"f~~~nc.\0 tho $upr.",. Court of C.nnrl. ""dor th. ~'Jpr Court A.'. rh. tt-.ird CO'''''....n~.ld!;. .. p~,..,H lho ",.<tor I. b~ r'Uert in~..!r~<ny in ;"", ,ueh "a>~ a, the~;.e..",."t A?pco.l ",,-ich ;$ roD"~ofo.. eh. :;0'''. Scolia Co'~rt- .~ ;,,,c'h 00',"'0,~9'"ld b. to 1.t .,1.~plnK uOK' U." an" f.~. th. .it~'Ii.~ .h"n Lt >rc".,c1\i<ny rollowin; ..~.. d,i.ccv.r;...
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On June 28, 1961 the A-Gs of the Atlantic Provincesdetermined that "we should first of all agree am ongourselves upon inter-provincial boundaries".
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You will recall also, that arising out of a meeting of the AtlanticProvince Prem.iersJ you called a meeting of the Attorneys General in June1961, at which time it was agreed that we should first of all agree amongourselves upon inter-provincial bounda.ries,tii n C~~~1~~"1 !:i~~ !"~
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The issue of the Provinces' jurisdiction claim to"ownership" was described as relating expressly to "Oil,Gas and Mineral Rights" ---
Already the Provinces were contemplating a presentation tothe Government of Canada...
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These rights were to be claimed "along boundary lines tobe decided upon between these Provinces."
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Those boundaries were necessary, in part, to manage"exploration activities".
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And the question of Mineral rights and, hence, theboundaries along which they would be claimed, covered" the Continental Shelf which extends out in the Gulf ofSt.Lawrence as well as out in the Atlantic Ocean."
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Annex 17
Tbe ,\ttorMY General of Nu..." Soclia ~e..b..,,( {rollltbe Cityat the p!~~>1)nttime WIll will be 11'108)"tor !I_I> tbree w'I>\1l1l,"" tbat Ihli~'" 11()c'Omllnellt8to ."IIIY firom him, F(>1'my ""'1'1p.arL.J WQI.lIdQlmc"''''' oo!;ytllot tl1...vo:tblll d,,~rlrrtUoII molw' re£"'1~ to mille""rigMe !lnd m.neral deposita. whl!'Tl'illaI think tllnt it ~hO\lld oonCl!mita"l! pu~IY witb tbe quest!on ofbouDllnrlea. I ameLlr. tbat tlll~ Qffi~wiLl~ gl~1,\1,0~,,! $$ !I duadng I\Q""~ tor an ,,~ltlUll1~ ~r )'11<11OOIn!ThQl1t.6,. YQl.lr~ '''''<:1 trlR!Y,
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Memo to Premier Shaw
And the interprovincial ramifications of settlingthe boundary issue-as opposed to federal-provincialconcerns-remained clearly front and centre.
N&L Doe 5
Two Oil Gompan.1,es,are doing extensive "~ork summer OD the NOV'QScotLa side ofNorthu.mberland Strai ts. could be very t:rn or-tint to \.S here onPrince Edward Island. a by t
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In the boundary line division it must be r.membered tbet PrinceEdward Island will be the gainer in prospective valuable Geolo~ic81ter.%~itory as '",'e \./ill have All of ,one side ()f the Strait wher,eaaNova Scotia (-I1d New :Brunswick \*I.il1 have the portion that lies oppos-ite each respective Province.. . -
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Annex 20
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Quebec Comes on Board .t.er".. -."..
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On July 2, 1964, Quebec's Deputy Minister of NaturalResources responded by declaring his Minister's fullsupport for an agreement among the Provinces regardingtheir respective offshore boundaries.
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Dr. Jones informed me of the action that has beentaken by the Maritime Provtncee in order to agree on the locationof the underwater boundaries tH~t\l(eel1 t \e 'ia!'l lme tjf'ov:..nc~:~s an,j
nee@~1Q ~U8Dec lU the Gulf of St. aaee.
We had your proposed dBBC ption transferred on toa plan and we find that all the projected bounda lines coi~~ci.dealmost exactly with the project prep,9.r by the B C 5s1onerof Quebec.
I My Minister i5 ~uit~ pleased with the idea of fixingthe boundary between our provinr,~ and be agrees with your presentplan. we Rre en tne oplrnon t!1;.. ouch i\ proJcc::t shouJ.c t.H! aCce ed
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I. TI.. 1'1!0vinohl (;~,'...""nt. ... entitlod to ololTl...hLpand ton.,ol <of","""dno m.tnoroh u~dor1Yine~o..ut ",.tor. on I£t~l.oquit.ble .~d pDtiticol gtom.d., Th..ar~u...nt b .up~otr .Dt tI,.....,...1 g~o>Un..U oor out in .1." ROI'o« proparod In 1,~59\>y~"ot..'arG d V. tar , ,111enugu",,~' .~i' o."'stoic stUl ,.ta,... tullf..~. OM dh.ti Annex 21
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Meeting of Maritime A-Gs .
.On September 23, 1964, at a meeting of the A-Os of theMaritime Provinces, what was to become the 1964Agreement was formally recommended to the variousprovincial governments.
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Annex 21
by m.!;~te S ':lnd I)ound S sug s tt:' cl bounda ry 1 i ne~; cover iFUl1dy, Northurnb!':>r:land Stt"ajt~ tl\() If of St.
r. rh" f'!'7~':'I' f f t~ ; 1", T'71, " These sug-
gested boundaries have had the tentative approval of New Brunswick,Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and, it is understood,are also acceptable to Quebec. It is recommended that these boundaries
should have the more formal approval of the several Governments concerned.1.L lS tun.:ner re.Gomr11e.naea (tun: l'arl1a.me:nt rJc ask~:::(j co (Jerl-ne tt'if' DO\:m(J.~
iirLE~S as so .approved by the Pr:QViXlces. under lItc provisions of S(~ction J
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Scholars have long used the expression" 1964 Agreement"- and many sim ilar terms - to describe the boundaryagreement concluded by the Premiers in 1964:
The Expression "1964 Agreement"
1964 AgreementBoundary
"1964 Interprovincial Agreement"(J I Charney,in N&L Doe. 23, pp. 330, 331,332,333 and334; Charney,inN&L Doe. 24, pp. 397,398 and401)
"1964 Interprovincial Boundary Agreement"(Charney,in N&L Doe. 24, pp. 397,401; J J Smith, inN&L Doe.25, pp. 125, 126and 127)
and
"1964 Agreemenf'(Charney,in N&L Doe. 24, p. 398;Smith, ~nN&L Doe.25,p.126)
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The Atlantic Premiers...unanimouslyagreed:...
5 That the buundaries described by Mete~and Bounds ...be themarineboundarieslIf the Provinces...
(emphasis added)(Annex 24: ConulUlfJiqu{)
The Conference agreed on the marine boundnry lincs 6!.~tweeneach of the provi nces.
(emphasis added)(Annex 26: l'f'fatters DiSCllssed 011Seplember 30, ](64)
The Conference agreed that I should advise theGOVl;n1menl of the Province of Qllehec of our sland on the malleI' ofsubrnlll'ine mineral righl., ,HId vi' lhl' IIlUline boundaries agreed upon bythe Atlantic l'rodnces.
(emphasis added)(Annex 27; Letter to Premier Lesage (October 2,19(4))
Source: Nova Scotia Memorial, Part IV, p. 2 SLD-45
... QUEBEC IS IN AGREEl\fEl\"T V'iITH THE ATLA-'fTIC PROVI~CESON THE MATTER Of' SrBMARI)ffi MINERi\L RIGHT A~[) OF TIlEr\i!i\Rlf\E BOl.'J\DARIES AGREED UPO:-J BY THE ATLANTIC
. PROVINCES
(emphasis added)(Annex 28: Premier Lesage's response)
This submission is presented 011hehalf of (he four Allarnic Provinces
pursuant 10 agreement r~acbed at the At]anlic Prcmiers ConfBr~nceon the 30'b of September last.
(emphasis added)(Annex ;'1: Joint Submissiun at 19)
Source: Nova Scotia Memorial, Part IV, p. 2 SLD-46
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The question boils down to: what did the partiesagree upon on September 30, 1964?
N&L claims: "They agreed upon a joint negotiating proposal".
There are various formulations of this assertion inN&L's written submissions. For example:
"The Premiers agreed to present a common positionto the federal governmen t"
NS says: They agreed upon their boundaries.
Source: N&LCM, para 125;'N&LM, para 33 SLD-47
." T~~ Atlantic ~".mi"", CQn~~r~nc. h~ld
in Halifax on September 30, 1964, with Premier Stanfieldof Nova scotia, Premier Robichaud of New Brunswick, PremierShaw of Prince Ed.'ard Isla.nd, and Premier -Small wood ofNewfoundland in attendance unanimously agreed:
That the provincial governments are enti ned to them.merohip and control of su!:marine minerals underlyingterritorial waters including, subject to InternationalLaw, the areas in the Banks of Newfoundland and NovaScotia, on legal, equi table and political grounds.The argument in support of these several grounds setout in the Report prepared in 1959 by Professor Gerard'of,LaForest still retains full force 'and affect.
That formal recognition of the rights of the provincesto the submarine minerals should be obtained from the
Government of Canada as esse~tial to the expeditious.e~onomical and orderly development of mineral explor-ation, essential to the economy of the Atlantic'Provinces.
.3 That the Parliament of Canada be requested to continue
to assert the status of the Gulf of St. Lawrence,including the Strait of Belle Isle and Chaleur Bay,Cabot Strait, Northumberland Strait and the Bay ofFundy, as in-land waters or territorial waters.
That it is desirable that the marine boundaries asbetween the several Atlantic Coast Provinces should be
agreed upon by the provincial authorities and thenecessary steps taken to gove effect to that agreement.
That the boundaries described by Metes and Bounds inSchedule A and shmm graphically on Schedule a be themarine boundaries of the Provinces of Nova Scotia, Ne\>Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland..
6 That the Parliament of Canada be asked to define the
boundaries as approved by the Provinces of Nova Scotia,New Brunswick, Prince Ed>Jard Island, and Newfoundlandunder the provisions of Section 3 of the British NorthAmerica Act, IB 71.
7 That an immediate approach should be made to theProvince of Quebec so that, united presentation maybe made to the Govemment of Canada.
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The Communique Declaring the 1964 Agreement
. The Premiers' Communique is very clear. It records that thePremiers "unanimously agreed" on seven items, one of which was:
"The Atlantic Premiers Conference... with Premier Stanfieldof Nova Scotia ... and Premier Smallwood in attendance
unanim ously agreed:
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"That the boundaries described in Metes and Bounds in
Schedule A and shown graphically on Schedule B be themarine boundaries of the Provinces of Nova Scotia, NewBrunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland."
Source: The Communique' SLD-49
The Communique Declaring the 1964 Agreement
. Items 1 and 2 of the Communique deal with the issue of provincialversus federal control of the offshore. They record the Premiers'agreement that
the Provinces are "entitled to the ownership and control ofsubmarine minerals underlying territorial waters including,subject to International Law, the areas in the Banks ofNewfoundland and Nova Scotia ..."; (item 1) and that
"formal recognition of [these] rights... should be obtainedfrom the Government of Canada ..." (item 2)
Source: The Communique' SLD-50
The Communique Declaring the 1964 Agreement
Items 4 and 5 concern the Provinces' agreem ent on boun daries.
Item 4 states that offshore boundaries "should be agreed upon byprovincial authorities and the necessary steps taken to [give] effectto that agreement"; and
Item 5 records that the Premiers "unanimously agreed ... That theboundaries described by Metes and Bounds in Schedule A andshown graphically on Schedule B be the marine boundaries of theProvinces" .
Source: The Communique' SLD-51
. THE PREMIER
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Dear Mr. Robichaud,
October 2, 1964
I am enclosing a summary ofvarious matters discussed on September 3Dwhich require further action.
'{ours sincerely,
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(\sr_--i--JR. L. Stanfield. v~
Honourable Louis J. Robichaud,.remier of New Brunswicl<,Legislative Building,F'redericton, New Brunswick.
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THE pnF.~liEWS Of riCE.
Source: Annex 26 SLD-52
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J..~<{{b ','.... IlArTERS DISCUSSCO AT TIlE ATLANTIC PREm:ERS COUFERENCE
IN HALIFAX SEPTEMBER 30, 1964
REQOIRDlG FURTHER N;1'IOII
r'relght rates
The /laritime Transpoctation Commission's objectionsto the ;>ropo.od "",..nd_nts to tho Rall'.ay Act by theParliament of Canada:
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Ca} While the Dill (Bill C-1201 does not repeal noramend =y pro~idons of the Mar1t1r.le Ueight Rates Act.Lt will further destroy the bene fi ts the Act wasintended to provide.
Cb) The Bll1 should be amended to mnJ<:ereference tothe Terms of U.uon (Section 321 between Ne-noundlan'l"'-"ld Canada as taking precedenco over the transportationlegislation.
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.(c) All prohibition against d.1scri:nination is to bere"loved froen the Railway Act by the aill. :rho 01. T. C.;>n;>osed that the alll should be amonded to make it un-lawful for the railways to include in the rate ot oneshipper a greeter percentage over the r<111way costs thanis included in the rate of another shipper moving gQodsinto a common.muKet.
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Cd) The 3ill restricts the right of a ship;>er to securea "'ax1mwnrate. The M. T. C. pro?osed the re<:toval ofthis restriction.
Cel The Billsetsout ?rovisicnz tQr ac.counUoc; pr~ced-U..3 for deterIlinin', rail~ay c~St3 h'ari");:l. cC.'tsl f.orrut~ m'L'dn.] ~=?oses. T,'e H. T. C. pr.opoz"oj cor bin<1",,,nd;"e.ots to ..n.ure t:lOt ~:\OS" ,.,il~ O~'I or:e frei.,::t .,~'..o
the right to s",<:te"y indeter;ninini .iut component;;of railway costs sn.ll te included.
(f) The 11. T. C. ";>posed the dete"",ina ti,>n of ",=i",,,,,,["atE's on the basis of .. 30,000 ,oune min1",wn. TheCo"""i"icn fovourod the boois tz tc the o<::tu~l ,'ei;;.'tai'~roprl"te to> t;,e ~""e"ent.
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. l"he Conference ""prQvo" of ;>roposed a"'enc""'" ts to Bi ~~C-l20 su~n:ittedby the lIoritim. Tra,u'"ortatio>n C~",r.li5sl".' .",o,]ree:J that the C~m",13.bnshould collabcrate w1::''1 the WesternProvinces.
Source: Annex 26 SLD-53
Matters Discussed At The Atlantic
Premiers Conference
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Here, onehasan explicit statementof the agreementonboundaries concluded by the Premiers on September 30 - notas a subsidiary component of broader proposal, as alleged byNewfoundland, but as an agreem ent that stands alone.
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Annex 26
3 Submarine .H.lne,r,~l Rights and Provincial 1.Y7undaries
The Con.ference 4greed on the mar In boundar linesbet:weenr;H:u::.h of 'the r.':>.I;"ovinces,. T.he COr1fer~ocefLU:'.t'..her a'Jr~'edt.h4t: t.he ?~rl am(!ot: of C~.n,:\da should contInue to assert the~t~t'IJSof the Gulf <':If St~ L..a'ill!"0nc:o. incl:.;v1i;igtt:,e ,~tA:'ait: ~)f!:~llie Isle a.nd Chdle\!,t"a.ay, C..ioot 'strd1 t, 14vrthurn.;.:>erla'nd$t':::£llt. and the 8'1:1]' cf E'...Jndy. a!> in-l..1nd or: tc=.:-itorial '..J.:1tcr~.Tho Confcrance t~.L('.t:..hcr agreed t1"lc1't t:1e i.'t~')v1.ncc (yf 1j'uc~,jec!~n'I':"l.!ld be k,e~?t .)t:v.i~ed of the ac:'ti0fl of the :f-..UJ;-}\tlant!..:Pt'~:-~vL~\ccs. ~nd i ts cooc~r.rence 1.;1that 4c'::.1::'H) 301ii.:i 'tcd...
Source: Annex 26 SLD-54
The Line Dividing the Parties' RespectiveOffshore Areas
Nova Scotia's "Boundary with Newfoundland" is described as follows:
"From this mutual corner [the three-way boundary betweenQuebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland] the boundary withNewfoundland runs southeasterly to the midpoint between St.Paul Island (Nova Scotia) and Cape Ray (Newfoundland);thence to a point midway between Flint Island (Nova Scotia)and Grand Bruit (Newfoundland); thence southeasterly toInternational waters."
(Annex 31, at p. 21)
Newfoundland's "boundary with Nova Scotia" is described similarly-though with even greater precision in the segment extending from the lastturning point, where the line is stated to run:
"thence S.E. to International waters."
Source: Annex 31 , pp. 21, 25 SLD-55
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XNC\/ THAT THE PROVINCE OF QUEaEC',IS IN AGRn:Mf.NT WITH THE
ATLAIHIC PROVINCES ON THE MATTER Of SUBMARINEMINERAL RICHT
AND Of THE MARINE BOUNDARIES AGREED UPON BY' THE ATLANTIC PROVINCES
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The Joint Submission
The Joint Submission distinguished "the questions with which weare concerned" as follows:
"(a) proprietary rights in submarine minerals as between Canadaand the Provinces, whatever the extent and nature of those rightsmay be"
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"(b) boundary lines between Provinces"
Source: Annex 31 p. 16 SLD-59
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The Atlantic Premit:rs 000 unanimollsJy agreed: ...5 TIUlI lhe boundaries descrihed hy Metes and Rounds ... be the
marineboundariesof the Provinces 000
(emphasis added)(Annex 24: Comnumiqlu:)
The Conference agreed on the marine boundary lil1l'S betweeneach of the provinces.
(emphasis added)(Annex 26: AJatters Di.~cltssed 0/1Seplember 300 1964)
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The Conference agreed that I should advise theGov(~mmcnl of the Province of Quehec of our Siand on the malleI' of
suhmmine mineral rights alld or the murine boundaries agreed upon b)'the Atlantic I'ro\'jnces.
(emphasis added)(Annex 27: Letter to Premier Lesage (October 2, 19M))
Source: Nova Scotia Memorial, Part IV, p. 2 SLD-60
--"- -- - - .- ----.-...QUEBEC IS IN AGREEME""f WITH THE ATLA.'ITIC PROVNCESON THE J\oIJ\TTER or SUDMARI:-.!TI MINERAL RIGHT 1\:-.10OF TIlEMARINE BOUNDARIES AGRmm UI'O:>J BY THF. ATLANTICPROVINCES
(emphasis added)(Annex 28: Premier Lesage's response)
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This ~ubmissj()n is presented on heho!!' of the four Allanlk Provincespursuant to agreement renchcd at the Atlantic Prcrnj~rsConfenmceon the 30th of Seplcrnbcrlast.
(emphasis added)(Annex ~'1:JoinrSubmissiun::11 19)
Source: Nova Scotia Memorial, Part' IV, p. 2
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