| Name: | Mr. Pat O'Brien |
| Political Party: | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Constituency: | London--Fanshawe |
| Province: | Ontario |
| Telephone: | (613) 995-2901 |
| Fax: | (613) 943-8717 |
| Email: | OBrien.P@parl.gc.ca |
| Address: | House of Commons, Ottawa K1A OA6 |
| Constituency Address: | 1069 Wellington Rd South Suite 116 London, Ontario N6E 2H6 |
05/15/2003 - email to MP Pat O'Brien from Mary Jo Cameron.
To: Pat O'Brien, MP Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 12:23 PM Subject: Census I am an American citizen but both my parents were born and raised in Canada. I am writing to you to express how important the release of the 1911 census is to me and many other Americans with Canadian roots. My father was born in London, Ontario and because the 1901 census has not only been released but is on line I was able to find his parents and grand parents. Without the information I obtained from the census I would never known where exactly they lived, birth dates, dates of death and where they were buried - the census gave me enough facts to enable me to find the rest of the information. I have planned a three day trip to London this summer - I plan to visit St. Peter's cemetery and place flowers on my great grand parents grave, go and see the house where my father lived, the house my grandmother grew up in, the church they attended and the main library. While I am in London I will be staying in a hotel and eating in restaurants and most importantly spending money. I expect to find even more information on the 1911 census which will bring me back to London. My point is that the release of the census and better yet having on line access to it is not only important to people like me seeking their roots but it is important to Canadian Tourism - I have no way of estimating how many untold others make trips to Canada to see how and where their ancestors lived but I would imagine there are a great many doing just that given the rise in interest in tracing our roots. 07/08/99- letter from M.P. Patrick W. O'Brien to Helen Callaway (Global Genealogy): 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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