摘要:On August 6, 1987, a Special Committee of the Senate and House of Commons examining the Consitutional Accord considered a proposal for a new institution, a Joint National Committee on Constitutional Amendments. This is an abridged version of the discussion. For the complete transcript see Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence, Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons on the 1987 Constitutional Accord, No. 4, August 1987 . John Holtby was a former Chief of Staff of the Special Committee on the Reform of the House of Commons.