Forwarded by Muriel M. Davidson - muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:25 AM Subject: Post 1901 Census -- Others to thank Greetings All. For the past 36 hours or so, with a few hours out to sleep and eat, I have spent the better part of my time reading messages of 'congratulations' and 'thank you' regarding finally having achieved a law that will ensure all Historic Census records will be turned over to Library and Archives Canada, for subsequent public access, 92 years after collection. Without having made an accurate count of the messages that have come in, I would estimate that there have been some 600 to 700 or more of them so far. I suspect that Muriel has received a similar number. Some of them have only two words. i.e. 'Thank you.' while others have been fairly expansive in their praise. While a handful of us have been the major recipient of those 'thanks' and 'congratulations', there are some others that we should not fail to thank as well. I refer to those who, in the final days and hours, listened to our pleas to finally see Bill S-18 deemed to have passed Third Reading without further debate, and some others who obviously helped 'behind the scenes' to bring our campaign to a successful end. Those that immediately come to mind are the following: Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, Prime Minister pm@pm.gc.ca Hon. Tony Valeri - Government House Leader Valeri.T@parl.gc.ca Hon. Stephen Harper, Leader - Leader of the Opposition OLO@parl.gc.ca Hon. Jay Hill - Opposition House Leader Hill.J@parl.gc.ca Hon. Gilles Duceppe, Leader - Bloc Québécois Duceppe.G@parl.gc.ca Hon. Michel Gauthier - Bloc Québécois House Leader Gauthier.M@parl.gc.ca Hon. Jack Layton, Leader - New Democratic Party Layton.J@parl.gc.ca Hon. Libby Davies - NDP House Leader Davies.L@parl.gc.ca Hon. David Emerson - Minister of Industry Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca Hon. Don Boudria Boudria.D@parl.gc.ca Hon. Brian Masse Masse.B@parl.gc.ca Hon. Paul Créte Crete.P@parl.gc.ca Hon. Mauril Belanger Belanger.M@parl.gc.ca Hon. James Rajotte Rajotte.J@parl.gc.ca Hon. Brent St. Denis St.Denis.B@parl.gc.ca There are no doubt others who are equally deserving and whom I have missed in this listing. To them I offer my sincere apologies. Do not forget your own Member of Parliament (does he/she have a Gold Tick?). 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