EXTRACTS FROM HANSARD -- PROCEEDINGS OF CANADA'S SENATE :
The following extract has been taken from Hansard Records of Canada's Senate:
Debates of the Senate (Hansard)
1st Session, 36th Parliament,
Volume 137, Issue 129
Tuesday, April 20, 1999
The Honourable Gildas L. Molgat, Speaker
Statistics Act
Release of Census Information
Presentation of Petition
Hon. Lorna Milne: Honourable senators, I have the honour to present several signatures from Canadians in Grande Prairie, Alberta, who are petitioning the following:
We, the undersigned, being duly registered voters in Canada, do hereby petition the Government of Canada to effect a retroactive amendment to the Statistics Act which would ensure public access to the 1911 census records, and all subsequent census records, through the National Archives of Canada after the accepted 92-year waiting period.
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