| Name: | Mr. Ed Broadbent |
| Political Party: | New Democratic Party |
| Constituency: | Ottawa Centre |
| Province: | Ontario |
| Telephone: | (613) 996-5322 |
| Fax: | (613) 996-5323 |
| Email: | Broadbent.E@parl.gc.ca |
| Website: | http://www.edbroadbent.ca |
| Address: | House of Commons, Ottawa K1A OA6 |
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10/02/2004 - email from office of MP Ed Broadbent to Mary Wilkinson. Dear Ms. Wilkinson, Thank you for your email. I can assure you that Ed has received many requests for his support in releasing the information contained in the 1911 Canadian census. The NDP has officially endorsed the public release of the information in that census. Again, thank you for your correspondence. Regards, -----Original Message----- Dear Sir, 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. 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, Subject: RE: Post 1901 Census Records Hi again Nat, I will bring this issue to Ed's attention, however, since the leader of the party has endorsed the release of the 1911 Census, I see no reason why a fellow party member would not support a motion supported by the party leader. Hope you're doing well, the NSYND is thriving, and the onset of fall brings you luck, etc. with the election!Keep us posted. Thanks for the email, Nat! Cynthia Shelswell ---Original Message--- Dear Mr. Broadbent. My name is Nathaniel Smith, I am the Male Member at Large of the Nova Scotia Young New Democrats. I would like to congratulate you on your winning the seat in Ottawa Centre. I am currently running for City Council here in Halifax, so I understand and appreciate the amount of work it takes to run an effective campaign. I am emailing you to ask you a very important question to me as well as to many people throughout Canada. For the past five years I have been actively involved in the genealogical research of my family here in Nova Scotia. One of the main sources that I use are the Census between 1871 and 1901 that have been made available. However, for my research to advance any further I will need to access the 1911 and other Census so that I am able to complete family trees and so on. Currently Statistics Canada is withholding the 1911 Census from the public on the grounds that it is a breach of privacy. Since 1999 the Canadian Census Campaign has been working hard to get Stats Canada to release the Census so that researchers can use it for the wealth of information it provides. The leader of the Federal NDP and your colleague Jack Layton has said to us that, and I quote, " the NDP is 100% in favour of the release of the 1911 Census without any restrictions." Would you do me the favor as one of my MP's and as a fellow member of the NDP of looking over the material concerning this and letting me know whether you will be supporting any Bill that will be put on the floor of the House of Commons. The Post 1901 Census Project has a website where you can find all of the information you need on our position. It is located at: http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/ Your help in this would be greatly appreciate to all those who will benefit from the release of these historic records. Thank you, Nathaniel Smith 06/28/2004 - Mr. Ed Broadbent was elected to the House of Commons 28 June 2004. |
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