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From: Charles Lyon <>
Subject: FW: [ORKNEY-L] RE: petition to request access to Canadian census
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 11:57:57 +0100


Hi All

I picked up this mailing of the ORKNEY list. If anyone is interested in maintaining Freedom of Access to information, then you might consider this petition.

Who knows; Canada now, UK next.

Charles LYON
Maghull
Merseyside
UK

-----Original Message-----
From:Pam Thomson [SMTP:]
Sent:01 April 1999 06:56
To:
Subject:[ORKNEY-L] RE: petition to request access to Canadian census

To: anyone who has research interests in Canada-
I am forwarding this message from Gordon Watts regarding:
" a petition to the Hon. Senator Lorna Milne who is
preparing to work on OUR behalf to get us access to post 1901 Census
information. The posting below has been put out by someone on another
list. She
knows Senator Milne and worked with her in developing the petition
below. The hope is to get a substantial number of petitions sent to
support her in OUR quest to gain access to post 1901 census
information. This is extremely important to ALL genealogists who
have roots in Canada, regardless of where they are living now. PLEASE

respond by sending the petition in to the e-mail address shown in the
posting below. Don't forget to add your own interests and comments,
while keeping it down to a single page. If you subscribe to other
lists having Canadian interests please forward this posting to them.

THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!! -- IF WE DO NOT LET OUR FEELINGS KNOWN
NOW WE MAY NEVER SEE ANOTHER CANADA CENSUS RELEASED!!!! THE SENATE
RECONVENES AFTER EASTER. PLEASE SEND YOUR PETITION NOW!!!

If you wish to send additional information to Senator Milne her email
address is . She also has a website at
http://sen.parl.gc.ca/lmilne

Gordon A. WATTS
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia


I have gone to find myself.
If I get back before I return,
Please ask me to wait.

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To all Family Researchers who depend on Canadian Census Records:

I have been requested by The Hon. Lorna Milne, Senator, to get a
petition going so she will have added backing in her fight, on our
behalf, to obtain release of Post-1901 Canadian Census Records.
Forward, one page only, the following paragraph, complete with
YOUR personal comments, your city/town, families being researched
and the areas of Canada. Send to <> (Muriel
Davidson)

P E T I T I O N

Family researchers, attempting to complete their family roots,
depend greatly on Canadian census records even though these are only
released at 10-year intervals. These records help the genealogist
research his/her ancestors to form a picture of the past. Since many
church denominations are sealing records, as well as the government
withholding the census, how are we able to learn our personal roots.
We are concerned over the prospect of not being permitted to gain
access to the 1911 and subsequent census records 92 years after the
taking of those censuses in accordance with the provisions in Section
6
of the Privacy Regulations.
WE do not need to know financial status or other personal data.
WE support the initiative of Senator Lorna Milne in introducing a Bill

in the Senate which would lead to the restoration of our rights to see

all census records.
Tourism is a major factor in genealogical research -- people want to
visit their roots.
Signed:

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