| Name: | Ms. Susan Kadis |
| Political Party: | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Constituency: | Thornhill |
| Province: | Ontario |
| Telephone: | (613) 992-0253 |
| Fax: | (613) 992-0887 |
| Email: | Kadis.S@parl.gc.ca or susan@susankadis.ca |
| Website: | http://www.susankadis.ca |
| Address: | House of Commons, Ottawa K1A OA6 |
| Constituency Address: | 7670 Younge Street Thornhill, Ontario L4J 1W1 Tel: 905-886-9911 Fax: 905-886-5267 |
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03/08/2005 - email from office of MP Susan Kadis to Muriel M. Davidson. From: "Kadis, Susan - M.P." Dear Mrs. Davidson, On behalf of Susan Kadis, I would like to acknowledge receipt and thank you for your e-mail correspondence. I would like to advise that Susan will be supporting Bill S-18 as it currently stands, when it comes before the House. Sincerely, To: Gordon A. Watts Dear Mr. Watts, On behalf of Susan Kadis, I would like to acknowledge receipt of your e-mail correspondence. As I had mentioned, the Liberal government has introduced legislation in the Senate with regards to the release of census data. Ms Kadis is pleased to see that a balanced approach has been taken in this legislation. As you are aware, this legislation will be debated and discussed in the Senate as well as at Committee, where amendments and changes to the legislation may be possible. It would be premature to comment at this time, but Ms Kadis will certainly be following the progress of this bill through the legislative process. Sincerely, --------Original Message----------- Dear Ms. Bradbury. In your message to Michelle Knoll, copied below, you very kindly advised her about the introduction of Bill S-18. You did not, however, advise as to whether or not Ms. Kadis intends to support or oppose the Bill when the time comes in the House of Commons for it to be voted on. Would you be so kind as to respond, giving a clear statement of Ms. Kadis' postition regarding public access of Historic Census records, 92 years after collection, in accordance with either existing legislation or with the proposed Bill S-18. That response will be added to her Correspondence Log on the Post 1901 Census Project website so that her constituents might see what her position is. Currently Ms. Kadis is shown on the website as having given a non-committal response. Thank you. Respectfully, Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net 11/05/2004 - email from office of MP Susan Kadis to Muriel M. Davidson. From: "Kadis, Susan - M.P." Dear Ms Davidson, On behalf of Susan Kadis, I would like to acknowledge receipt of your e-amil correspondence. As you are no doubt aware, on November 2nd the government proposed new legislation to amend the Statistic Act that will enable access to both past and future census records. It provides access to historical census records for the period 1911 to 2001 inclusive, 92 years after each census. The 1911 Census records will be released once the legislation has been passed. The legislation is a balance between meeting the legitimate interests of genealogists and historians while continuing to put all appropriate safeguards in place to protect the privacy of individuals. Sincerely, 11/05/2004 - email from office of MP Susan Kadis to Michelle Knoll. This message advises of the introduction of Bill S-18 but still does not indicate whether Ms. Kadis supports, or opposes public access of Historic Census records. From: Kadis, Susan - M.P. Dear Mr. Knoll, On behalf of Susan Kadis, I would like to acknowledge receipt of your e-mail correspondence. As you are no doubt aware, on November 2nd the government proposed new legislation to amend the Statistic Act that will enable access to both past and future census records. It provides access to historical census records for the period 1911 to 2001 inclusive, 92 years after each census. The 1911 Census records will be released once the legislation has been passed. The legislation is a balance between meeting the legitimate interests of genealogists and historians while continuing to put all appropriate safeguards in place to protect the privacy of individuals. Sincerely, 09/10/2004 - email from office of MP Susan Kadis to Carol McNerney. From: "Kadis, Susan - M.P." Dear Ms McNerney, On behalf of Susan Kadis, I would like to acknowledge receipt of your e-mail correspondence. Please be assured that your letter will be brought to Susan's attention. Sincerely, -----Original Message----- Dear Ms. Kadis: I would just like to make a brief statement here to you regarding the 1911Census. I have been researching for awhile and would like to be able to finish the family tree for my family true, but first and foremost I would like to have the chance to know where they settled at different periods of time and try to trace a couple of very serious illnesses that lurk in our past. I have scoliosis with severe arthritis and osteoporosis so basically the computer and library is my help. My daughter has a form of scoliosis which is spinabifida and so does my grandson. Any information I can obtain on our back ground is very important to me. People searching for their families are not interested in the other names on the census. Yes they see them but pass them by quickly looking for their own family. It is a very big help to us as researchers both for genealogy and history. I just recently, thanks to the census and a friend , discovered who my gr grandmother was before she married. Until that time I did not know her except for her married name. Please help us in our quest for the release of the `1911 Census which should have been out last year. Thank you for your tme and patients and PLEASE VOTE YES for the Census. Carol McNerney 09/01/2004 - email from Office of MP Susan Kadis to Mary Wilkinson. September 1, 2004 Dear Ms. Wilkinson On behalf of Susan Kadis, I would like to acknowledge receipt of your e-mail correspondence. Please be assured that your letter will be brought to Susan's attention at the first available opportunity. Sincerely, Daria Bradbury, ----Original Message----- Dear Ms. Kadis I do not live in your area, however I would be most grateful if you could find the time in your busy schedule to consider the importance of access to census data to family historians. I am researching families from your area, and I can assure you that free and unrestricted access to census data is of utmost importance for family historians like myself. Please will you kindly give this matter the attention it merits and come on board as a supporter of this cause? Thank you. Yours truly, 08/29/2004 - letter sent to MP Susan Kadis from Gordon A. Watts 29 August 2004 Ms. Susan Kadis Dear Ms. Kadis Congratulations on your recent election as a Member of Parliament. To have the trust and respect of those who voted for you is a great honour. Members who have been re-elected will be aware of an issue affecting a great many Canadians that seek their personal ancestry through research of Historic Census records. Newly elected Members may not yet be aware of this issue. It has been estimated that in excess of 7.5 million Canadians have an interest in genealogy and family history. These individuals seek to regain the same public access, with no added conditions or restrictions, to 92-year-old records of Census after 1906 that is currently available for 240 years of Census records up to that time. Access to Census records after 1906 is prevented at this time because of the (believed illegal) policy of a federal civil servant - Dr. Ivan P. Fellegi - Chief Statistician of Canada. The Library and Archives of Canada Act (and it's predecessor) has designated to the Librarian and Archivist the authority to determine what records of government are of archival or historical value and that shall be deposited in the National Library and Archives. Librarian and Archivist Ian E. Wilson determined that schedules of Census have archival and historical value. He declared them to be a National Treasure. He requested the Chief Statistician to return care and control of the records in question to his authority. Dr. Fellegi denied that request. The Access to Information and Privacy Acts, and Privacy Regulations, make specific provision for personal information collected through Census or Survey to be made available to any person or body for purposes of research, 92 years following collection. The legislation assumes these records to be under the care and control of the National Archivist. By refusing to return care and control of the records in question to the Librarian and Archivist for subsequent public access the Chief Statistician has acted in deliberate contravention of the Library and Archives of Canada Act, the Access to Information Act, and the Privacy Act. He has usurped the authority of the Librarian and Archivist to determine what governmental records are of archival or historical value and that shall be deposited in the Library and Archives of Canada. In dictating policy instead of following policy determined through legislation passed by Parliament he has usurped the authority of that body. Do you believe that any Federal bureaucrat, regardless of how highly placed or regarded, is above the Laws of Canada? Do you believe that a civil servant has the power to dictate policy that contravenes legislation passed by the Parliament of Canada? The Access to Information and Privacy Acts are complementary Acts born of the same Bill debated and passed by Parliament. Do you believe the parliamentarians who passed this legislation would knowingly include clauses in one Act, the effect of which would be to totally nullify clauses in the other? If your answer to any of these questions is 'NO' we ask that you support our efforts to regain the same public access - with no added restrictions or conditions - to Historic Census records after 1906 that is currently available for 240 years of Census records up to that time. We seek nothing new. We seek only that which current legislation states we are entitled to - access that we have had in the past but is currently (believed illegally) withheld from us by the Chief Statistician of Canada. We ask that you call upon the Government of Canada to immediately direct the Chief Statistician of Canada to obey the Laws of Canada. We ask that he be directed to return care and control of schedules of Historic Census to the Librarian and Archivist of Canada for subsequent public access in accordance with the Access to Information and Privacy Acts. We ask further that you ensure continued public access to Historic Census records by seeking a government Bill that would add to the Statistics Act a single clause, similar to the following: "Original schedules of Census or authentic copies thereof shall, not later than thirty (30) years following collection, be transferred to the care and control of the National Archivist for subsequent public access in accordance with provisions of the Access to Information and Privacy Acts, and Regulations attached thereto." In reading my letter you may not feel any obligation to respond to someone living outside your electoral riding. The votes you cast in Parliament, however, affect all people living in Canada and in that respect your constituency is all of Canada. Considering this, even though I do not reside in your riding I would greatly appreciate your personal response to my letter. Your response, stating your support (or otherwise) of the access we seek, will be posted to your Correspondence Log on the Post 1901 Census Project website. It will be available for viewing by your constituents on the MPs Scoreboard at www.globalgenealogy.com/Census Thank you for taking the time to read my letter, and for your consideration of this very important issue. Respectfully Gordon A. Watts 06/28/2004 - Ms. Susan Kadis was elected to the House of Commons 28 June 2004. |
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