My sincerest congratulations to all of you who worked so tirelessly to encourage and motivate all of us. Without strong, seemingly tireless leadership, best intents don't automatically turn into action. I am so excited at the prospect of learning so much more of my family's past. Thank you! Merci! Carol ------ Original Message ------ Received: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 02:00:07 PM EST From: "Muriel M. Davidson" <muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca> To: CAN-ONT-CARLETON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Can-Ont-Carleton] Post 1901 Census -- S-18 deemed to have passed Third Reading ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:01 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census -- S-18 deemed to have passed Third Reading Greetings All. At 8:10 AM PDT this morning I received a telephone call from the Honourable Senator Lorna Milne. She advised me that at 8:00 AM PDT MP Dominic LeBlanc, Deputy Government Whip, rose and stated words to the effect that "If the Speaker would seek it, I believe he would have the unanimous consent of the House to deem Bill S-18 -- An Act to amend the Statistics Act, to have passed Third Reading" (not necessarily an exact quote). That consent was given. Bill S-18 has now passed all necessary stages in both the Senate and the House of Commons and all that remains to be done to make it law is for it to receive Royal Assent. It is expected that assent will be received shortly. There will be, I am sure, a great deal of cheering and celebrating when that happens. It is believed that the Library and Archives of Canada has already scanned images of the 1911 National Census of Canada and they should be available on line almost immediately. We should now be able to spend our Summer researching the 1911 records instead of continuing the fight to see them released. Genealogists and historian owe a GREAT debt of thanks to the perserverance and dedication of the Hon. Senator Lorna Milne, without whose support over the past several years, we would not have achieved this victory. Those wishing to express their thanks to Senator Milne can do so through her Policy Advisor, Jeff Paul at PAULJ@SEN.PARL.GC.CA On behalf of Muriel and myself, and all members of the Canada Census Committee, I wish to express our thanks to all who have written letters and email, signed petitions, called their Parliamentary representatives, and generally supported our efforts to regain the public access to Historic Census records we beleived we were always entitled to. I expect that Muriel will likely be forwarding her own message of appreciation as well. We look forward to hearing some of the stories of success in researching the 1911 Census records. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul, Jeff: SEN" <PAULJ@SEN.PARL.GC.CA> To: <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 7:51 AM Subject: [CCC] S-18 is now law S-18 has been deemed passed 3rd reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE!!!!!!! Jeff Paul Policy Advisor Office of the Hon. Lorna Milne Ph: 613-947-9744 Cel: 613-715-2965 ==== CAN-ONT-CARLETON Mailing List ==== Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx