| Name: | Mr. John Efford |
| Political Party: | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Constituency: | Avalon |
| Province: | Newfoundland |
| Telephone: | (613) N/A |
| Fax: | (613) N/A |
| efford.j@ic.gc.ca |
| Address: | House of Commons, Ottawa K1A OA6 |
| Consituency Address: | Morrow Professional Building Main Highway PO Box 1470 Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador A0A 1G0 |
06/19/2002 - email to MP John Efford from Don Tate.
To: John Efford, MP Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 2:56 AM Subject: A Request for Support of releasing the Post 1901 Census To Mr. John Efford, M.P. (Bonavista-Trinity-Conception):- Welcome to Ottawa as a newly-elected Member of Parliament. By now you likely have heard that Canadians and others with roots in Canada are hopeful of the safe passage of Bill S-12, which Senator Lorna Milne presented after the last election. I would like to take this opportunity to request your support of this very important bill. I am the Director of the Newfoundland's Grand Banks Genealogy Site and am also a member of the Canada Census Committee representing Newfoundland. I am the director of the largest collection of original source material relating to Newfoundland Genealogy on the Internet. We feel very strongly about the need for the complete, un-compromised release of the Post 1901 Canadian census information. To give you some information as to the numbers of people using information of this type from just our web site, let me quote a few numbers. For the month of May, we served up over a million pages of information from the site to people in 37 different countries around the world. We are serving up about 35,000 pages of information per day to these people. There are nearly 16,000 individual files of information posted on the site. These numbers show just how large an area of the total population base, that this Bill affects. My wife's family originated in Trinity Bay and with its rich history, it has provided us with many an hour of enjoyment, tracing back through the public records available in Newfoundland, attempting to put her family together. All of Canada should have the same privilege of being able to access census information as we have had the opportunity to do here in Newfoundland. It is imperative that you, as a member of Parliament representing part of this same large group of people, make your views known and hopefully, provide support for this critical issue. I urge your unqualified support for this Bill. Thank you very much for your consideration and help in this matter. I will be waiting to hear from you and hope to hear you are in full support of this Bill. Don Tate Director Newfoundland's Grand Banks Genealogy Site http://ngb.chebucto.org/ Member, Canada Census Committee (Newfoundland) John Efford was elected to the House of Commons 13 May 2002. |
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