| Name: | The Rt. Hon. Paul Martin |
| Political Party: | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Constituency: | LaSalle--Émard |
| Province: | Quebec |
| Telephone: | (613) 992-4284 |
| Fax: | (613) 992-4291 |
| pm@pm.gc.ca or Martin.P@parl.gc.ca |
| Address: | House of Commons, Ottawa K1A OA6 |
| Constituency Address: | 7731 Newman Blvd Ville Lasalle, Quebec H8N 1X7 |
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12/06/2004 - Letter from office of the Prime Minister to Charlotte Croshaw. 6 December 2004 Dear Ms. Croshaw: On behalf of the Right Honourable Paul Martin, I would like to thank you for your e-mail regarding the release of 1911 Census data. You may be assured that the comments you offered have been carefully reviewed. I have taken the liberty of forwarding your e-mail to the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of Industry, within whose responsibilities this matter falls. I am certain that the Minister will give your views every consideration. L.A. Lavell --------Original Message-------- Dear Sir, Had the Census been locked up or thrown away I would never have found my father's people. My sisters and I would never have known our proud Canadian heritage. We always joked that when Mother's people got off the boat in Massachusetts Dad's people said Welcome . We were not far from the truth. Dad's people landed at Port Royal in the 1600's and through the census records, land grants etc. we now know about our Acadian family and our Loyalists. I have great grandchildren now. I ask for the same public access for them, with no additional conditions or restrictions, to Historical Census records after 1906 that you currently have for records up to that time. I ask for nothing new, only to regain that which I have had in the past. Please do not hide or destroy our wonderful heritage. History never ends unless we lock it up or distroy it. Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter. Charlotte Shorey Croshaw 10/15/2004 - email from office of the Prime Minister to Ruby Sorrell. From: "Prime Minister/Premier ministre" Dear Ms. Sorrell: On behalf of the Right Honourable Paul Martin, I would like to thank you for your e-mail regarding the release of 1911 Census data. You may be assured that the comments you offered have been carefully reviewed. I have taken the liberty of forwarding your e-mail to the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of Industry, within whose responsibilities this matter falls. I am certain that the Minister will give your views every consideration. L.A. Lavell ---------Original Message-------- Sir, When do we get the opening of the 1901 Census so we can search our ancestors etc? It was supposed to be available after 100 hundred years. We all are still waiting. Years are passing etc. Thanking you, Ruby Sorrell, 10/06/2004 - letter from office of the Prime Minister to Muriel M. Davidson. October 6, 2004 Dear Mrs. Davidson: On behalf of the Right Honourable Paul Martin, I would like to thank you for your correspondence regarding the release of 1911 Census data. You may be assured that the comments you offered have been carefully reviewed. I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your correspondence to the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of Industry, within whose responsibilities this matter falls. I am certain that the Minister will give your views every consideration. Yours sincerely, L. A. Lavell 09/21/2004 - email re: Prime Minister Paul Martin from Gail Gordon to Gordon A. Watts. From: "Gail Gordon" Gordon: Just to update you, in today's snail mail was the following response from the Office of the Prime Minister to my letter of September 4, 2004, concerning the Census issue. Dear Ms. Gordon: On behalf of the Right Honourable Paul Martin, I would like to thank you for your correspondence regarding the release of 1911 Census data. Please be assured that your views have been given careful consideration. I am certain that the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of Industry, to whom you indicate a copy of your correspondence has already been forwarded, will also have appreciated being made aware of your comments. It was signed by L.A. Lavell, Executive Correspondence Officer. 09/04/2004 - letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin from Gail Gordon September 4, 2004 Right Hon. Paul Martin Dear Sir: From my home in NY, I have been watching with great interest the campaign to preserve and liberate the Canadian census records on schedule. Until getting involved in genealogical research, I had no understanding of the complexity of the relationship between Canada and the USA, or the degree to which we are literally one family (albeit a somewhat dysfunctional one.) One of the things my cousin and I learned from census records on both sides of the border is that her Canadian mother was descended from New Englanders who fought on the American side in the Revolutionary War and only moved north of the St. Lawrence about 1800, while our fathers' very American family from Brooklyn, NY, was descended from a British soldier who settled in Nova Scotia at the close of the Revolution and a whole bunch of Loyalists from New Brunswick, and only moved south to Brooklyn about 1860. At each stage in our search, census records were critical in confirming we had indeed found our family at their new home, rather than some other family with the same last name, so I can appreciate the importance of the census records to historians and other researchers. I read that you, yourself, have an interest in family history, and recently participated in ceremonies honoring contributions made by your family to the community where they lived for several generations, so I am sure you also appreciate the need to preserve access to this uniquely important source of information for future generations of Canadians wanting to better understand the people and culture of their great nation. However, I believe the most important argument in favor of guaranteeing continued public access to the whole of the personally identifiable information in the census is that it is the only way to insure the people recorded there will not be lost to history as individual people with individual stories to tell. The census records are a form of personal immortality. Destroying or permanently sealing them in the name of protecting the privacy of the individuals to whom they relate can only "protect" these individuals by robbing them of their human face and consigning them to the oblivion of impersonal statistics forever. Individual census records should be preserved and made available in detail to all who value the people they record enough to want to learn about them, not just because this will benefit researchers, but also because in the process of research, the people themselves will be brought back to life as fully as possible. In their own lifetime, they may have been too busy earning a living to spend time writing down their stories for posterity, or they may have felt they were not important enough for anyone other than their immediate family to ever want to remember (how many veterans of World War II fall into that category!) But these ordinary average people going about their daily lives are the ones who made both our countries what they are today, and each of them is entitled to be fully recognized for the individual role he or she played in our collective story. It is understandable that the Chief Statistician would feel statistical compilations to be a satisfactory record of an individual's place in history, but the groundswell of opposition to his actions shows that the rest of us believe more is required. We understand on a deeper level it is the little details about individual people that best enable the true heart and soul of a nation to live on from one generation to the next. Please do everything in your power to insure these details remain accessible to this generation and those that follow us. In particular, please direct the Chief Statistician of Canada to transfer the 1906 and subsequent census records to the National Library and Archives of Canada on the same schedule and terms of availability to the public as previously applied to earlier census records. Thank you. Yours truly, Gail R. Gordon cc: Hon. Liza Frulla, Minister of Canadian Heritage 09/03/2004 - letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin from Gordon Taylor. Ottawa, ON. K1V 8W4. Right Honourable Paul Martin, Dear Mr. Martin: Family History Research: I was delighted to see the short article and photograph that appeared in the Ottawa Citizen of September 1. I trust that your son and his aunts have a great deal of success in finding and documenting the roots of the Martin family. By becoming family historians your family members have joined 7.5 million Canadians who are dedicated to researching their family history. As you must be aware family history is one of the important means of keeping fresh in the minds of our generation and of our descendants the contribution our ancestors have made not only to our lives but to those of all Canadians. As I am sure your researchers will tell you the data contained in the censuses of Canada are very important to the successful outcome of their research. Canada has traditionally released the historic censuses for public use 92 years after the census was conducted. The 1911 census, however, has not been released although it was due for release in 2003. In spite of many letters, petitions and personal pleas to members of parliament and to senior bureaucrats, the Chief Statistician has consistently declined to turn the census records over to the Library and Archives of Canada as current law requires. I am sure that a wink and a nod from your office could obtain the desired release of this very important census. All family historians in Canada and elsewhere including your own family researchers will be forever grateful for your help. As a family historian who has family members in Canada and the United Kingdom and the United States the availability of consistent and regular census data is a vital part of understanding who was where and when. I look forward to the release of the 1911 census of Canada so that I can understand my family history before I become part of my family history. Thank you for your assistance in making the information from the 1911 Census available to all family historians. Sincerely yours Gordon Taylor 09/02/2004 - Letter to the Editor of Ottawa Citizen re: "Martin Family Roots" below. Sent by Gordon A. Watts. From: "Gordon A. Watts" Editor, The Ottawa Citizen. Re: "Exploring the Martin Family Roots" (Ottawa Citizen, 1 September 2004, page A-11) Interesting that Prime Minister Paul Martin has explored and is now promoting "the Martin's deep roots" when he will not to take steps to allow an estimated 7.5 million Canadian genealogists and family historians to do the same. He refuses to direct the Chief Statistician of Canada to return care and control of Historic Census records to the National Archivist for subsequent public access in accordance with clauses in the Access to Information and Privacy Acts. Those clauses make specific provision for public access of 'personal information' collected through Census or Survey, 92 years after collection. The 1911 National Census of Canada should have been made available after June 2003. It has been withheld by the simple expedient of the Chief Statistician refusing to return control of the records to the National Archivist. We believe that refusal to be unlawful. It usurps the authority delegated to the National 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 it usurps the authority of that body as well. Mr. Martin told the Public Service that they are not an 'alternate legislature' and they should stick to consulting Canadians on policy, but leave the decision-making up to MPs (Ottawa Citizen, 9 May 2003, page A4 - "Leave decision-making alone, Martin warns PS" - Katherine May). He does not practice what he preaches. He is apparently content to allow the Chief Statistician to dictate policy that contravenes the Library and Archives of Canada Act, the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act. The people of Canada do not believe that any public servant, regardless of how highly placed or regarded, is above the laws of Canada. It is time for Mr. Martin to act. We call upon him to immediately direct the Chief Statistician to return control of Historic Census records to the National Archivist for public access in accordance with existing legislation. How about it Mr. Prime Minister? Give us the means to research our ancestry. Give us the access to Historic Census records that the Laws of Canada state we are entitled to. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net 09/01/2004 - Article re: "Martin Family Roots" published in Ottawa Citizen 1 September 2004. 
09/29/2004 - letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin from Gordon A. Watts. 29 August 2004 Right Honourable Paul Martin, Dear Mr. Prime Minister Congratulations on your recent re-election as a Member of Parliament and Prime Minister of Canada. To have the trust and respect of those who voted for you is a great honour. You will already be aware of an issue affecting a great many Canadians that seek their personal ancestry through research of Historic Census records. I refer to the refusal of Dr. Ivan Fellegi to enable public access of Historic Census records in accordance with existing legislation. 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 withheld from us (believed illegally) by the Chief Statistician of Canada. We ask that you 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 initiating 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 as Prime Minister 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 10/07/2002 - email to MP Paul Martin from Gordon A. Watts.
To: MP Martin, Paul Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 11:44 AM Subject: Post 1901 Census legislation Dear Mr. Martin At long last there has been a public acknowledgement by the Government of Canada that they have an interest in the concerns of Canadians, and others, that seek continuing access to Post-1901 Census records. That acknowledgement took the form of inclusion of a statement in an address of the Hon. Don Boudria, Minister of State and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons. The address was made to the Newsmakers Breakfast at the National Press Club, 3 October 2002. It was titled "The Government's Fall Legislative Program". On page four of Mr. Boudria's notes for that address, he states: "Other legislation will also be introduced respecting: The release of 92-year old census records for historical research purposes - which responds to recommendations and work done by parliamentarians in the House and Senate such as MP Calder and Senator Milne;" This acknowledgement of our concerns, on behalf of the government, is welcome news. It does not yet mean, however, that continued public access of Historic Census records has been approved and those records are now available to access for purposes of research. The proposed legislation has not yet been brought down, and it remains to be seen if, when it is brought down, it meets the needs and expectations of those seeking access. Senator Lorna Milne continues to work with the Hon. Allan Rock, Minister of Industry, to ensure that the end result does meet those needs and expectations. I remind you that what we seek is exactly the same unrestricted access to records after 1901 that is currently available for those records up to and including 1901. I currently show you on the MPs Scoreboard of the Post 1901 Census Project website (at the URL following my signature) as "sitting on the fence". You have been given this position by virtue of the fact that you have yet to give a definitive response stating your support, or otherwise, for public access to Historic Census records, 92 years after collection. (Or, at least, that I have seen no such response.) In view of the fact that the Government has now stated it's intention to introduce legislation that will hopefully address our concerns, will you now give a definitive response stating your supportive position for such legislation? I am not one of your constituents, but in writing to you I believe that I speak on behalf of a great many others who are your constituents. As such, I hope that you will afford me the courtesy of a response to this message. In responding to my message with a supportive answer to my question, so that it might be posted to your correspondence log, you would likely save yourself a great many similar requests by others. Thank you for taking the time to read my message, and for responding thereto. Have a great day! Sincerely Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee 1455 Delia Drive Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2V9 09/19/2002 - email to MP Paul Martin from Bruce Archibald.
To: Paul Martin, MP From: Bruce Archibald Subject: POST 1901 CENSUS RELEASE- ARE YOU WITH US? 19 Sep 2002 Hon. Paul Martin, Member of Parliament I am pleased to hear of your recent calls for a greater role for Members of Parliament in the government of our country. As I understand reports of your speeches about overcoming the "democratic deficit", it comes down to less power in the PMO and more power in the hands of our elected parliamentarians. I am concerned about an important problem, "the blockade of post 1901 census release", which many members of parliament are working to solve, apparently without your public support. Your position now seems no different from what it was when you were a minister in Cabinet. The blockade to release of census data to the National Archives by two senior federal bureaucrats continues to appear supported by the PM, PMO, all Cabinet and Cabinet wannabees. I wrote to you 18 months ago by e-mail of 19 mar 2001(copy appended) requesting your support for release of the blockade. I don't recall receiving an acknowledgment. At that time you may have been restricted by a Cabinet agreement to avoid comment while three successive Ministers of Industry managed to stall release action by repeatedly calling for panels,polls, reports, studies, townhalls, and complicated never-ending analysis. It has gone on for more than five years. When (March 2001)I wrote to you, a very significant portion of MPs from all parties and provinces were publically in support of legislative action to remove the blockade of release by the two bureaucatic privacy extremists supported by Senator Lowell Murray. They had enough information and the courage to make a decision. 103 MPs were committed to release action in the traditional Canadian manner(after 92 years) while only 9 were committed to oppose release. One year later(11 Mar 02) some MPs had reconsidered and 145 publically supported release while 6 continued to oppose release. Today a few more MPs have reconsidered, and 161 now support release publically while only 4 still oppose release publically. I presume they have been able to consult their constituents more, see the results of the endless studies, look at the UK and USA, and reflect. The "refuse to respond/commit" number of MPs has diminished from 189 to 145 to 134 since March 2001. It still includes those "intimidated by the PMO" and all of Cabinet. And it still includes MP Hon. Paul Martin. The trend is fairly clear. Making the right decision is not difficult, even for those MPs who did not initially appreciate the importance of the access to census data to our heritage, national unity, history, genealogy, culture, families, Metis, First Nations, medical genetics, and to millions of ordinary Canadians. A significant portion of Senators from multi parties also support release. Today 34 are publically committed to support release while 3 are openly opposed. My question for Member of Parliament, the Hon Paul Martin is... can you show us how overcoming the "democratic deficit" and "empowering MPs" really works by publically supporting release of the post-1901 Census data to the National Archivist. This includes immediate release of the 1906 Census which should have legally been released in 1998, release of the 1911 Census in 2003( only a few months from now) and legislation to enable release of the post 1918 Census data after the traditional Canadian 92 year privacy period. To date the Heritage Minister has been unable to remove the blockade, and government lawyers work hard to continue blocking the legal release of the 1906 census to the National Archivist. Thank you for your help solving this problem with our heritage. Bruce Archibald Comox, BC Appendix 1 follows APPENDIX 1 (to my 19 Sep 2002) TO: Paul Martin, MP FROM: Bruce Archibald Subject: POST 1901 CENSUS RELEASE PLEASE SOLVE THE PROBLEM NOW 19 Mar 2001 Hon. Paul Martin, Member of Parliament and Member of Cabinet Request your personal action to allow public access (after 92 years of confidentiality) to the post-1901 Canadian census data. Cabinet can remove the blockade of transfer to the National Archives and release to the public. The Government has stalled release since at least 1993. Private members' multi-party legislation to allow release died in the Senate and the Commons with the October election call. The report of the Expert Panel appointed by the Minister of Industry in 1999 has been received, concealed as long as legally possible, and now released. The Panel was representative, competent and thorough. Submissions were comprehensive. The Panel recommends, as did the National Archivist, that the 1906 census data be transfered to the control of the National Archivist and released to the public under present law(Sect 8(3) of the Privacy act and Sect 6(d) of the Privacy Regulations). Customary release after 92 years of protection was expected in 1998 and is three years overdue. No legislation is necessary. There is no real legal problem. Similarly the Panel recommended transfer and release of the 1911 census data in 2003 and the 1916 census data in 2008 in accordance with previous practice and present law. No legislation is necessary. The Panel and the National Archivist recommended legislation by the Government to solve the legal problems which obstruct public access to the post-1918 census returns. A reasonable balance of privacy needs and census access can best be achieved by an amendment to the National Archives Act referring only to census returns. Keep it simple. Avoid complications. The objections to release of Canada's Chief Statistician and the Privacy Commissioner are fallacious and Canadians see it. First they propose total destruction to deny access. Next they allude to a "compromise" solution - access granted only to "qualified genealogists or bonfide historians"..."sworn to secrecy"...or "confidentiality" (??) and utterly restricted in their in use of the data. They prefer access be "fairly complicated". They now appear to be accommodating. How bureaucratic, elitist, legalistic and incredibly undemocratic! Millions of Canadians can benefit from census access. Privacy for 92 years satisfies most of those who have considered the need. 103 of 112 MPs not avoiding the issue, support legislation to release now. People wish to continue the practice of the last 50 years. It has done no apparent harm. We wish to continue to connect with our ancestors in Canada. Access to census data is essential. Without it I could not have learned what I have about my ancestors and cousins. My father died when I was age 2. His father did the same. I am a western Canadian trying to connect with my ancestors in eastern Canada. The privacy extremists don't care about that nor about obstructing historians. Should they prevail, I will still be able to use released foreign census data to connect with my cousins in USA, UK and Europe. There are negative implications for national unity. We are concerned about our culture. The bureaucrats seem concerned about their power, their authority, and their turf. The 1906 and 1911 Censuses describe the families of my ancestors. The Privacy Commissioner proposed destroying that data to permanently prevent access. To me that is like destroying those families. The alledged privacy commitment made to them by the government of the day has not been substantiated by the obstructionists relying on it. In any event, 92 years of privacy is reasonable protection for them to rest in peace, as it will be for me. They will not feel betrayed. Their story is in the census. It's a Canadian heritage. Preserve it. Please advise if you support the solutions recommended by the Expert Panel to ensure Canadian tradition continues. The 1906(western) census is important to all Canadians. People in Quebec and BC will benefit from its release. Their MPs agree. Why does Cabinet support the blockade? THANK YOU. Bruce Archibald Comox, BC 03/15/2002 - automated email response from office of MP Paul Martin to Frank McKerry.
Due to limited resources, it is not possible to respond to individual e-mail messages, therefore, this automatic acknowledgement is the only reply you will receive. Nonetheless, all electronic communications are carefully reviewed. You may be interested to know that in addition to sending comments, various individuals offer ideas, some of which have resulted in changes or additions to the Finance Canada Home Page located at http://www.fin.gc.ca If you have not already done so, I would encourage you to visit the site. It contains a growing collection of helpful information, including recent and past speeches, departmental news releases and federal budget documents, in addition to other material. You will also find a search engine that will help to make your online time as efficient as possible. Of particular interest to those who may have questions dealing with other federal government departments or agencies is the Government of Canada primary internet site (http://canada.gc.ca/ Thank you for your e-mail and please accept my best regards. Sincerely, The Honourable Paul Martin, P.C., M.P. 09/17/2001 - letter to MP Paul Martin from Jean-Guy Simard.
Monsieur le Ministre fédéral Paul Martin Cher monsieur le Ministre Martin : Comme vous êtes probablement au courant le projet de loi C-312 du DF Murray Calder qui sera présenté dans un avenir plus ou moins rapproché à la Chambre des Communes prochainement porte sur la possibilité d'accès aux fichiers historiques de recensement, 92 ans après leur récolte, ce pour les fichiers de 1901 jusqu'à nos jours. Cet accès est présentement impossible grâce à une interprétation d'une loi votée par le gouvernement de Sir Wilfrid Laurier en 1906 par laquelle il est défendu de rendre public les fichiers historiques de recensement à partir de 1901 jusqu'à nos jours. Un comité canadien de bénévoles généalogistes et historiens, soit le Comité de recensement canadien ultérieur à 1901, a été constitué pour promouvoir la passation du projet de loi C-312 du député Murray Calder à la Chambre des Communes et S-12 de la sénateur Lorna Milne au Sénat et projets de lois semblables afin de ne pas priver les Canadiens de tout cet héritage historique du 20iême siècle. Ce comité a un site Internet intitulé Projet de recensement ultérieur à 1901 que l'on peut rejoindre au signet http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm . Le site fournit toute l'information pertinente sur le sujet, soit les débats à la Chambre des Communes et au Sénat, des copies d'articles de journaux, des exemples de pétitions à signer et à envoyer aux deux chambres et un tableau d'affiche qui classe les députés fédéraux en faveur, contre ou indifférent à la question. Votre réponse ou non-réponse à ce message Internet sera affichée sur ce tableau et il sera aussi inclus dans le site Internet une copie de ce message comme vous ayant été envoyé et le texte de la réponse que vous avez bien voulu nous envoyer. Comprenez que la question touche aussi bien les gens du Québec que ceux qu'ailleurs au Canada vu la somme importante d'information récoltée lors de ces recensements qui pourrait nous aider à comprendre la vie de nos ancêtres. D'ailleurs le site Internet que nous entretenons reçoit de plus en plus de pétitions provenant du Québec en faveur d'un tel projet de loi. La question que nous aimerions que vous répondiez est la suivante : Voteriez-vous en faveur ou non d'un projet de loi canadien visant à rendre accessible les fichiers historiques de recensement à partir de 1901 jusqu'à nos jours, 92 ans après leur récolte ? Vous pouvez m'envoyer votre réponse via Internet à jgsimard@nbnet.nb.ca ou encore par écrit à l'adresse ci-haut. Jean-Guy Simard Représentant du Québec Comité de recensement ultérieur à 1901 05/01/2001 - email from MP Paul Martin to Muriel M. Davidson. May 1, 2001 Madame Muriel M. Davidson Copresidente Comite du recensement au Canada Brampton, Ontario Madame, J'ai bien recu courrier electronique du 3 Avril dernier au sujet des fichiers de recensement, et je vous en remercie. J'ai pris bonne note de vos commentaires et de votre soutien aux projets de loi S-12 et C-312. Cependant, je dois vous informer que la question que vous soulevez n'est pas de mon ressort. J'ai donc achemine une copie de votre lettre au ministre de l'Industrie, l'honorable Brian Tobin, afin qu'il puisse y donner suite. Veuillez agreer, Madame, l'expression de mes sentiments les meilleurs. L'honorable Paul Martin, C.P., depute cc: L'honorable Brian Tobin, C.P., depute 04/26/2001 - email from MP Paul Martin to Marge MacDonald. April 26 Thank you for your April 11, 2001 e-mail message. Your comments related to Bills S-12 and C-312 have been noted. In this regard, the matter you raise falls more directly within the jurisdiction of my colleague, the Honourable Brian Tobin, Minister of Industry. As such, a copy of your correspondence will be forwarded to my colleague's attention. I trust this referral proves helpful. Please accept my best wishes. Sincerely, The Honourable Paul Martin, P.C., M.P. cc: The Honourable Brian Tobin, P.C., M.P. 04/30/99- e-mail from The Global Gazette to MP
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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