| Name: | Mr. Charles Hubbard |
| Political Party: | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Constituency: | Miramichi |
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Telephone: | (613) 992-5335 |
| Fax: | (613) 996-8418 |
| Email: | Hubbard.C@parl.gc.ca |
| Address: | House of Commons, Ottawa K1A OA6 |
| Constituency Address: | 1808 Water St Suite 1 Miramichi, New Brunswick E1N 1B6 |
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10/08/2004 - email from MP Charles Hubbard to Muriel M. Davidson. From: "Hubbard, Charles - M.P." Thank you -----Original Message----- To Charles Hubbard, MP:- Your new Gold symbol is shining brightly and looks great. Should you wish to see it and read your message board, go to http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Score5.htm#NB Sincerely hope New Brunswick will shortly look like Nova Scotia -- all Gold. Muriel M. Davidson 10/04/2004 - email from Muriel M. Davidson re: MP Charles Hubbard. From: "Muriel M. Davidson" To all:- My lazy way of sending letters is starting to pay off! I first send an e-mail, then print the e-mail, sign it and with this one, I remember adding my phone number. CHARLES HUBBARD of Miramichi riding is fully in favour of census release and will also be telling Lorna (Senator Lorna Milne) tomorrow. He also agrees 92 years is long enough and there could definitely be no chance of identity theft after so many years. I enjoyed talking to him -- about his surname, origin of same, [after he found out I was from the East coast], about the place Hubbard's in Nova Scotia -- and much more. Hoping for more phone calls!!! Muriel M. Davidson 08/29/2004 - letter sent to MP Charles Hubbardt from Gordon A. Watts 29 August 2004 Mr. Charles Hubbard Dear Mr. Hubbard 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 09/04/2002 - email to MP Charles Hubbard from Dawn Cruickshank.
To: Charles Hubbard, MP Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 8:20 PM Subject: Canada Census Committee Dear Mr. Charles Hubbard. First of all, I know the House of Commons is not yet in session, but many family researchers keep hoping for the day the 1906 and 1911 census records will be released. The 1906 one should have been released in 1998, the 1911 is supposed to be released in 2003 – if the 92-year waiting period is followed. The Toronto Star recently did an excellent interview: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/1906census.html Senator Lorna Milne of Brampton, ON has presented Bill S-12, which is slowly winding its way towards a vote in the House of Commons. The wording of the bill is the same as the one by Murray Calder, which was declared non-votable by a committee. We sincerely hope that you will lend your support to this important issue as many search for lost family members. Please contact Muriel Davidson, our co-chair, or myself, at the correspondence addresses below, if you have any questions or comments. We would love to hear from you. Thank you very much for your time. Sincerely, Dawn Cruickshank Saint John, New Brunswick Canada Census Committee 07/31/2001 - email to MP Charles Hubbard from Muriel M. Davidson.
To: Charles Hubbard: MP Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 7:59 PM Subject: Post-1901 Memo:- No Answer Since April 1999 To Mr. Charles Hubbard, MP In April 1999, Global Genealogy contacted you to ascertain if you were supportive of Post-1901 Census Records release. I have written to you in 2000 -- could we get rid of the blue ? http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Score5.htm#NB Click on your name to see the non-answers you have given, please. Gordon Watts posts the message WHEN received. Could you answer if YOU, as an elected Member of Parliament by the constituents of your riding, will SUPPORT all Bills and Motions to have the Post-1901 census records released to the National Archives -- so we, as citizens, may be able to research our families. You may send the reply by e-mail -- then I forward it to Gordon Watts, the other co-chair of the Canada Census Committee. Muriel M. Davidson Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee 08/23/2000 - email to MP Charles Hubbard from Muriel M. Davidson.
Date: Wednesday, 23 August 2000 To: Hubbard, Charles - MP subject: Why Not Try to Keep Up With NOVA SCOTIA???? To Mr. Charles Hubbard, MP:- As of now, you are the ONLY one keeping New Brunswick's Scoreboard for Members of Parliament to equal that of Nova Scotia -- every Member of Parliament has answered in Nova Scotia, why not New Brunswick?? http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/index6.htm A reply has been received from another MP who had not replied -- we welcome her reply and it will be posted on the Scoreboard -- to be published PROVINCIALLY prior to the next federal election. Are there any questions you wish to ask to assist you in making up your mind? I know the Report of the Expert Panel has not been announced as yet -- it was received by Mr. John Manley, Minister of Industry as of June 30, 2000. We wonder what is the hold up -- has he been asked NOT to announce the report; will it be given when Sessions resume; is there some other answer. Did you receive your copy of THE MYTHS OF CENSUS by Gordon Watts, sent to you in April, 2000. It is printable from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Mr. Watts is the committee member who makes the changes on the Scoreboard -- we look forward to making a change for you. Muriel M. Davidson Canada Census Committee
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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