In the fall of 2008, former prime minister Brian Mulroney was feeling slighted. A copy of the letter Brian Mulroney sent to Library and Archives Canada back in 2008. No legal requirementThe letters offer a glimpse of the ad hoc approach the national archives takes to acquiring former prime ministers' treasured documents. Before 1993, there was little in the way of federal financial support for archiving the work of former prime ministers. "The Library and Archives Canada is not in the business of establishing fair market value," said Mongrain.

Source: CBC News October 14, 2018 08:00 UTC