| Name: | Mr. Garry Breitkreuz |
| Political Party: | Conservative |
| Constituency: | Yorkton--Melville |
| Province: | Saskatchewan |
| Telephone: | (613) 992-4394 |
| Fax: | (613) 992-8676 |
| Breitkreuz.G@parl.gc.ca |
| Address: | House of Commons, Ottawa K1A OA6 |
| Constituency Address: | 19 - 1st Avenue North Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N 1J3 |
05/14/2003 - email from MP Garry Breitkreuz to Muriel M. Davidson.
To: "'Muriel M. Davidson'" Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: RE: Post-1901 Census -- Open Debate, Free Vote and Amendments Needed for Bill S-13 Muriel, YES Garry Breitkreuz, M.P. Yorkton-Melville 11/26/2001 - email from MP Garry Breitkreuz to Gordon A. Watts. Similar messages were received by Noreen Sergovitch, Beverly Huddleston, Tom Aitchison, and Claire Marie Grant.
To: 'Gordon A. Watts' Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 7:40 AM Subject: RE: Your determination that Bill C-312 is non-votable Nov. 26, 2001 Good morning, Mr. Watts. I fought very hard to have this Bill made votable so that it would receive a full debate regardless of what you may have heard. I have been frustrated by the Prime Minister and a few of his key people. I'll continue in my fight. This is a most important issue. I appreciate hearing from you. We desperately need to bring a semblance of democracy to this House of Commons. Very little exists here at the moment. Let's not give up. Best regards. Garry Breitkreuz, MP Yorkton-Melville, SK -----Original Message----- From: Gordon A. Watts [mailto:gordon_watts@telus.net] Sent: November 24, 2001 8:08 PM To: Michel GUIMOND - MP; Pierre BRIEN - MP; Carolyn PARRISH - MP; Bill BLAIKIE - MP; Garry BREITKREUZ - MP; Jay HILL - MP; Marcel PROULX - MP Cc: Senator Lorna MILNE; Murray Calder - MP Subject: Your determination that Bill C-312 is non-votable Members of the Sub-Committee of the House Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs I am one of the leaders of the campaign that seeks to regain public access to Historic Census Records, 92 years following collection. This access is permitted under Regulation 6(d) attached to the Privacy Act. We are currently denied that access, however, because of misinterpreted legislation and faulty legal opinions based upon those misinterpretations. As a leader of this campaign I represent a great many people - perhaps as many as the 7.5 million plus Canadians who are estimated to have an interest in genealogy and history. I write to you at this time in your capacity as a member of the Sub-Committee of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. I wish to express, in the strongest possible terms, our extreme disappointment that this Sub-Committee has deemed Private Member Bill C-312 - An Act to amend the Statistics Act and the National Archives of Canada Act (census records) to be non-votable. We had hoped that this Bill, being of great importance to so many, would be considered votable so as to receive a reasonable period of discussion, and at least a chance of being passed, within the House of Commons. In excess of 40,000 signatures have been sent to Ottawa in letters, email, submissions to the Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census Records, and petitions to the House of Commons and the Senate, seeking support for a bill that would regain the public access to these records that we are currently denied. C-312 was a Bill that might have accomplished that goal. Because six people on a sub-committee could not reach a consensus of opinion this Bill has been killed before being given a chance at life. A perfect example of our Democracy in action. The Sub-Committee can be proud of another job well done. Should there be a mechanism to do so we would ask that the Sub-Committee reconsider their decision relating to Bill C-312. We would hope that should Senator Milne's Bill S-12 (identical to C-312) be referred to the House, those determining the fate of that Bill will be more in tune with the wishes of the people of Canada. Sincerely, Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC CC: MP Murray Calder, Senator Lorna Milne 02/16/2001 - email from MP Garry Breitkreuz to Muriel M. Davidson.
To: Muriel M. Davidson Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 2:42 PM Subject: RE: Welcome Back to Ottawa February 16, 2001 Dear Ms. Davidson: On behalf of Garry Breitkreuz, I welcome this opportunity to thank you for your recent email message. I assure you that Mr. Breitkreuz will continue to support the release of census records. Thank you for your interest in this matter. Katherine Silverwood Administrative Assistant to Garry Breitkreuz, M.P. (613) 992-4394 02/05/2001 - email from Muriel M. Davidson to MP Garry Breitkreuz.
Sent: February 5, 2001 10:51 PM To: Breitkreuz.G@parl.gc.ca Subject: Welcome Back to Ottawa To Mr. Gerry Breitkreuz, MP:- When Private Member's Bills were presented prior to the election, you were in favour of Post-1906 Census release. As such, your symbol was the Gold tick mark on http://globalgenealogy.com/census/index6.htm Will you, as an elected Member of Parliament, continue to SUPPORT any Private Member's Bills brought before Parliament to obtain census release and the automatic transfer to National Archives? Senator Lorna Milne and Murray Calder, MP will be presenting identically worded Private Member's Bills - dates and numbers unknown, same as previous wording. Your provincial residents should be behind you on this -- the 1906 census should have been released in 1998, the Expert Panel stated it should be immediately made available. We suggest you read/download MEMORANDUM OF LAW by Lois Sparling, an Albertan barrister, which deals with the prairie provinces census problems http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Looking forward to receiving a positive reply from you, Muriel M. Davidson Canada Census Committee 06/16/2000 - email from the office of MP Garry Breitkreuz to Muriel M. Davidson.
E.Nye, Admin Assistant to Garry Breitkreuz, MP (Yorkton-Melville)
A web site has been posted at http://globalgenealogy.com/census to record MP's responses, so that those who are interested, will know the position that their elected representative has (or has not expressed) on the issue. Also included on the web site, is a correspondence log for each Member of Parliament, which will contain responses to this e-mail plus any other correspondence from the MP. The Question: "Would you, as an elected Member of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada, vote FOR or AGAINST a Bill supporting release to the Public, of Post 1901 Census Records, 92 years after they were recorded. ( 1911 census information available in 2003, 1921 in 2013 etc)" If you would like to expand on your position, your entire response will be posted to your individual correspondence log. The Post 1901 Census web site is sponsored by Global Genealogy & History Bookstore. A vast number of e-mails and calls from subscribers and web site visitors, clearly demonstrates that this issue is extremely important to them. Many readers have expressed that their current MP's position on this issue will weigh heavily in their decision process during the next election. |
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