Anna Dora Gaitskell, Baroness Gaitskell
Anna Dora Gaitskell was a British Labour Party Politician, and wife of Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the Labour Party 1955–63. She was a delegate at the UN General Assembly and member of the All Party Committee for Human Rights from 1977 to 1989. On March 23, 1982, Dora, as she was affectionally known, stood up in the British House of Lords, during the Canada Bill debate, and asked a question:
“I am given to understand that all the different countries in Canada have sovereignty except the Indians. The Indians are still a colonial people. Whether or not we are going to be very fussy as to whether we can give advice to the Canadian Government and to Mr. Trudeau—we are suddenly getting very prim and fussy about this—is it not true that everyone in Canada has sovereignty except the Indian people? I understand that that is the crucial issue, and surely we can express an opinion on that?”