MORE GOOD NEWS for people doing research in Western Canada reg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Muriel M. Davidson" <[email protected]> To: "Muriel M. Davidson" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 9:11 AM Subject: Post 1901 Census -- 1906 Census records released today > Greetings All. > > "Genealogists, historians, and researchers across the country won a > major victory today as Industry Minister Allan Rock announced the > immediate release of the nominal records from the 1906 census. Ontario > Senator Lorna Milne (Liberal -- Peel Region) welcomed the news." > > So reads the opening paragraph of a News Release issued today, 24 > January 2003, by Senator Lorna Milne. > > The full text of Senator Milne's News Release, and other pertinent News > Releases, can be found on the Post 1901 Census Project website at > > http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census > > The announced release of the 1906 Special Census of the Western > Provinces is indeed a major victory for genealogists and historians who > have been actively campaigning for this for the past five years. It is > felt that release of the 1906 Census will lead the way for the eventual > release of the 1911 and subsequent Censuses of Canada. > > We are grateful to Industry Minister Allan Rock for recognizing what is > right and proper, and doing what legally should have been done in 1998. > We are pleased that the Minister has released the 1906 records in > full, and without restrictions, on the same basis as 1901 and earlier > records have been available. > > We are grateful also to MP Murray Calder, and especially to Senator > Lorna Milne for the effort they have put in for us to reach this point > in our campaign. > > We have won a major battle, but the war is not yet over. We have yet to > deal with expected legislation that must ensure the orderly and > continued release of Historic Census records, after the legislated > period of closure. We expect that legislation to be brought down > shortly after Parliament resumes sitting at the end of January. We > trust Minister Rock, in drafting the legislation, to remember that what > we seek is the same unrestricted access to records after, now 1906, that > is currently available for records up to then. > > Check my latest column giving more details at > > http://globalgazette.net/gazce/gazce89.htm > > Happy Hunting. > > Gordon A. Watts [email protected] > Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee > Port Coquitlam, BC > > http://globalgenealogy.com/Census > en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm > > Permission to forward without notice is granted. > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 1/21/03 > >