The following was sent to Members of Parliament as noted:- BRITISH COLUMBIA:- The Hon. David Anderson The Hon. Hedy Fry Chuck Cadman Richard Harris Jay Hill Ted McWhinney Lou Sekora ALBERTA:- Leon Benoit Preston Manning Charlie Penson John Williams ANYONE WILLING TO WRITE TO ABOVE ELECTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT? -------------------------------------------------------- To all Members of Parliament and Office Assistants:- The answer to the Subject Line question is bluntly this:- When the Member of Parliament hangs onto the little piece of YES/NO green fence, being Non-Committal -- he/she could say YES, or could say NO. Also, some answers have been received from office assistants (we do not know if the Member of Parliament saw the memo) telling us "THEY" do not answer SURVEYS. [Assistants are not elected]. The question re Post-1901 census records release is very definitely NOT a survey --- the voters across Canada who like to do family history and need the 1906 and 1911 census want to know if their elected member will be SUPPORTIVE of census records release. Many Members of Parliament are being guided by incorrect, out-of-date publicity handouts, of which I already have received about 75!! Voters in Canada hope their elected Member will be able to answer FOR THEM -- not as the Party Caucus dictates. A vote on census release should be a FREE vote -- I will believe that when I hear it!! We have become accustomed to listening to House proceedings on CPAC -- we now recognize those in attendance and sincerely hope the Member of Parliament remembers who elected him or her. However, with a needed legislation change, Members may feel they represent only a handful of the Canadian public -- BUT they represent ALL citizens of Canada on this important vote. There are more than 7.5 million family researchers in Canada -- found in every riding. For researched material, printable -- copies had been sent to all of THE MYTHS OF CENSUS by Gordon Watts -- go to http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Alberta Members should also print MEMORANDUM OF LAW. The Scoreboard -- to be published by provinces before a federal election: http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/index6.htm When a message is received, it is posted by Gordon Watts. Looking forward to POSITIVE messages of SUPPORT for any Motion or Bill to release the post-1901 census records to National Archives. Your little piece of fence to which you are presently clinging will be quickly changed to a GOLD tick!!!!!! Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> 25 Crestview Avenue Brampton, Ontario L6W 2R8 Canadian Census Committee