Gordon: Thanks so much for passing on the article from The Globe and Mail. It is very well written and I would hope it would open somebodys eyes? Thanks again for letting us know so we all can read it and be well informed. Darlene LaFlamme

Hi Darlene. Thank you for your thank you. The more people we can inform and recruit to speak to and write their MPs and officials who have some control in this matter, and to sign petitions, the better chance we have of succeeding in our quest to regain public access to Historic Census. Parliament has recessed for the summer and we now have about three months to do this before it reconvenes on 19 September 2001. Vacations, family reunions, and other gatherings present many opportunities to gather signatures on petitions, and to inform others about our efforts. With the uncounted petitions now sitting on my dining room table, we now have collected well over 10,000 signatures for the House of Commons. Muriel Davidson has collected a similar number for the Senate, and we both continue to receive petitions on an almost daily basis. It is only with the continued participation of people like yourself and other listers that we will succeed. And succeed we will. It will not be this year, but I have great hopes that we will see a Bill passed sometime next year. This is my fourth year of encouraging participation by others in our quest. I would very much like to see the successful end of the campaign so that I might return to my own genealogy. With your help, I will be able to do this some day. Thank you again for your continued interest and support. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "D LaFlamme" <dlaflamme@midbc.com> To: <ALBERTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 12:10 PM Subject: [ALBERTA] Gordon Watts Gordon: Thanks so much for passing on the article from The Globe and Mail. It is very well written and I would hope it would open somebodys eyes? Thanks again for letting us know so we all can read it and be well informed. Darlene LaFlamme