| Name: | The Hon. Andy Scott |
| Political Party: | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Constituency: | Fredericton |
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Telephone: | (613) 992-1067 |
| Fax: | (613) 996-9955 |
| Email: | Scott.A@parl.gc.ca |
| Address: | House of Commons, Ottawa K1A OA6 |
| Constituency Address: | 61 Carleton Street - Suite 100 Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 3T2 |
01/08/2002 - email from office of MP Andy Scott to Gordon A. Watts
To: 'Gordon A. Watts' Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:00 AM Subject: RE: Post 1901 Census - Article re: Online access of 1901 Census of England and Wales Dear Gordon, Thank you kindly for your email with an update as to your efforts regarding public access to historic census records. Please be assured, as we have notified you in the past, that Mr. Scott continues to support the release of post-1901 census records. All the best for 2002. Sincerely, Jessica Cody Legislative/Communications Assistant Office of the Hon. Andy Scott, PC, MP Rm 133 Confederation Building House of Commons ph: (613) 992-1067 fax: (613) 996-9955 ----------------------------- 100-61 Carleton Street Fredericton, NB E3B 3T2 ph: (506) 452-4110 fax: (506) 452-4076 04/23/2001 - email from MP Andy Scott to Muriel M. Davidson. From: "Scott, Andy - M.P." To: "'Muriel M. Davidson'" Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 9:46 AM Subject: RE: Just checking on the GOLD Members of Parliament My apologies Muriel. Yes, indeed, Mr. Scott remains supportive. Jessica Cody Legislative/Communications Assistant Office of the Hon. Andy Scott Rm 133 Confederation Building House of Commons ph: (613) 992-1067 fax: (613) 996-9955 ----------------------------- 100-61 Carleton Street Fredericton, NB E3B 3T2 ph: (506) 452-4110 fax: (506) 452-4076 04/16/2001 - email to MP Andy Scott from Muriel M. Davidson. From: Muriel M. Davidson [mailto:davidson3542@home.com] Sent: April 16, 2001 10:07 PM To: Scott, Andy - M.P. Subject: Just checking on the GOLD Members of Parliament Dear Hon. Any Scott:- I have checked your personal correspondence message centre at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Score5.htm The last date is back in 2000, prior to the election of Nov. 27. Since that time Senator Lorna Milne and Mr. Murray Calder, MP have been busy with their Private Member's Bills, identical wording, having passed the Second Reading and First Reading respectively. Murray's web page is http://www.murraycaldermp.com/ Your GOLD tick is shining brightly -- looking forward to continued support! Muriel M. Davidson Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, Ontario 06/19/2000 - email from Mel Andress to MP Andy Scott.
Thank you for your letter of affirmation for release of Post 1901 Census Records to the Public. We apreciate your position in a matter which is of supreme importance to historians, genealogists and medical research. Sincerely, Melville R. Andress
On June 15, 2000, the member for Fredericton advised me as follows: "I would like to inform you that I support the release of Post-1901 Census Records for public access. As well, I anxiously await the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Access to Historical Census Records, which will be submitted to the Honourable John Manley, Minister of Industry, by the end of June." Of my direct mailing to ALL Government members and opposition, Scott and my constituency member, Chuck Strahl are the only favorable replies received. I think that the ice water which flows in political veins has turned into ice upon reaching the rarefied altitude where most seem to keep their brains! Melville R. Andress.
Mrs. Muriel M. Davidson 25 Crestview Avenue Brampton, Ontario L6W 2R8 Dear Mrs. Davidson: Thank you for your email of June 10, 2000 regarding the release of Post-1901 Census Records. I appreciate you taking the time to write me. I would like to inform you that I support the release of Post-1901 Census Records for public access. As well, I anxiously await the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Access to Historical Census Records, which will be submitted to the Honourable John Manley, Minister of Industry, by the end of June. Once again, thank you for taking the time to write my office. Yours truly, Hon. Andy Scott, M.P. Fredericton
To: Thomas Lynch lyncan@col.auracom.com Sent: March 31, 2000 10:29 AM Subject: RE: Post-1901 Census Release Legislation Dear Mr. Lynch; Thank you for your e-mail. It will be brought to the attention of Mr. Scott. Julie Normand
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 8:38 AM To: Scott.A@parl.gc.ca Subject: Post-1901 Census Release Legislation Dear Mr, Scott, With ancestral roots in the city of Fredricton going back at least five generations, I thought it prudent to send a copy of the following to you. Much of my Lynch research is centered in the York-Sunbury counties of NB, while my O'Donnells are scattered through the Miramachi. I have written Mr. Bill Casey on this subject last year, and with various bills now before the House of Commons and Senate, I will do so again, with copies to other Maritime MPs. As you are no doubt aware, the reasons for petitioning for the revision of the Privacy Acts, post-World War One, are many. Some wish to follow their families back through time, using the census as a guideline or snapshot to keep them on track. This has worked well until the turn of the century, but for those who had great- or grandparents who immigrated to Canada post-1901, the census remains a closed book. In my case, I will never see the release of a census that will assist me, since my grandparents on my mothers side arrived in Canada in 1922, so would not show up until the 1931 Census. They have been dead for over thirty years and the sole surviving child is my mother, who was only two years old at the time. Others wish to use the census as a control in establishing location of their families to aid them in tracking genetically-transmitted diseases. Of course the earlier census give locality, but in most cases deaths were not attributed to these diseases, since it would be years before they were properly identified. However, as post-1901 census material is released, the level of sophistication of data becomes greater and of greater usefulness to those people. As subsequent census are released, they will become more and more important to people struggling to track inherited or genetic diseases. Lastly, there are those of us whose religion demands that they identify and detail their ancestors. I have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) for over 27 years and part of our belief is the redemption of the dead. We are charged with identifying our ancestors, compiling their vital statistics and taking these names to our temple where we perform ordinances on their behalf. I will not bore you with particulars, but this forms part of our duties as Church members and are taken very seriously. However, as mentioned above, the non-release of post-1901 census will seriously hamper these efforts. Most genealogists will tell you that post-1901, there are other avenues to pursue to acquire this data. As a genealogist, I have to agree to a point. If you have sufficient data such as birth dates or dates of death, and enough money, you can acquire birth, marriage or death certificates, but this is painstaking, expensive and supposes that you have a level of data in the first place, plus the expertise to pursue this material. We have reached a new century, so the old saw about post-1901 material being too recent to be released has lost its truth. This is now history and for many history that will be denied them if StatsCan has their way. What of those who came to this country in the last great waves of 1905-10, 1919-30, 1946-55? Are we telling them that because they arrived too late and fall under legislation that was clearly intended to assure census respondents of confidentiality for the foreseeable future, that they will never be able to gain access? Clearly, I think it is up to our legislators to bring a measure of common sense to the lawyer-bureaucrats of StatsCan. I, personally, have responded to the 1971, 1981 and 1991 census and have no wish to see that my grand-children or great-grandchildren are denied this information. As mentioned, I have used the 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 census to gain knowledge of my Lynch ancestors and those families that married into the line. I know their professions, where they lived, the sort of house they lived in, the numbers of children (in one case, discovering several great-aunts and -uncles that I had no inkling of!), their ages, their state of health, and in some cases, hints of their parents, who in later years resided with them. All of this from the census. With this, I will close, urging you to support our cause. It is one that is just, is popularly supported, and is justified, when one compares our stance with that of the US, who will be releasing their 1931 census soon, even though they too had similar legislation, limiting release. Let common sense prevail, mixed with a measure of compassion. Thomas G. Lynch, 28 Pleasant St., #3, Truro, NS, B2N 3R7 (902) 895-4142 lyncan@col.auracom.com
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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