Hello to Gordon and Muriel, With the release of the Expert Panel Report the two of you should feel very proud. I know that we have not won yet, but with the Governments own panel basically saying "release the damm thing" we are one very big step closer to getting the census released. WE ARE ONLY THAT CLOSE BECAUSE YOU TWO ARE A PAIR OF PITT BULLS WHO REFUSE TO LET GO. You two have led us and kept things going, and with the two of you sensing blood, I bet that in the New Year we get the Census released. By the way did you read the press release. I do believe that we have a new person to start writing letters to. Merry Chritstmas Gordon and Muriel and a very BIG THANK YOU from my family (especially the Youltons on the 1906 and the Barnes and Sim on the 1911) Jacquie Nex jacnex@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. WATTS" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 8:47 AM Subject: [CCC] Report of Expert Panel finally released. > Greetings All. > > The long awaited report of the Expert Panel on Access to Historic > Census Records has finally been published on the Statistics Canada > website. It can be viewed at > > http://www.statcan.ca/english/census96/finalrep.htm . > > The following two paragraphs extracted from it give an indication of > the input received from the many listers concerned with obtaining > public access to Historic Census records. > > "The Expert Panel held five working meetings during which time a > number of sessions were held with specific persons or groups (see > Annex A). Two telephone conferences were held with provincial > genealogical associations. The Panel Chair and Dr. Gaffield also had > the opportunity to meet with the Chief Statistician of Australia who > made time available during his scheduled visit to Ottawa in February > 2000. > > Over 2,500 letters, faxes and e-mails were sent to the Minister > responsible for Statistics Canada, the Chief Statistician and > numerous Members of Parliament prior to the announcement of the > Expert Panel. These were made available to the Panel members. During > the seven month duration of the Panel, a further 1,055 letters were > received from Canadians active in genealogical societies. The Panel > received 95 submissions from historical, archival and genealogical > associations as well as other interested Canadians." > > As expected from a few leaks about it's content, the Report > recommends allowing public access to all Census records 92 years > after collection. It is a very interesting read. > > On behalf of the Canada Census Committee I wish to extend thanks to > all who have participated in the campaign to gain public access to > Historic Census records. The battle is not over by any means, but > the release of the Report of the Expert Panel is another step > towards our goal. I urge all readers to continue writing letters > and email to their MPs, sign petitions, and keep up the efforts to > inform others about the problem regarding public access to Historic > Records. > > Thank you all for your interest and support. > > Gordon A. WATTS gordon_watts@telus.net > Canada Census Committee > Port Coquitlam, BC > > Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at > http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census and > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html > Download and circulate Post 1901 Census Petitions now from > http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm > > This message has been posted to the Alberta-L, Canadian Census > Campaign-L, Can-British-Columbia-L, Census-Chat-L, Colchester, > Lunen-Links-L, Nova-Scotia-L, Ontario-L, PictouRoots, Roots-L, > Watts-L, and Wiltshire-EMI-L mail lists. Permission to forward > without notification is granted. >