To Jean Marie Clemenger, Personal Assistant:- The "gossip" flows freely on Parliament Hill, especially re the supposed defeat of Jason Kenney's Motion M-160. This is happening because Jason happens to be of a political party other than Liberal. The THIRD and FINAL hour of debate and VOTE on Motion M-160 will be on September 20, 2000 - two days after the Sessions resume. We have this directly from Jason Kenney's office. As for the little piece of fence to which Mr. Manning is clinging, he might be the only one who has not made a commitment -- YES/NO is not a definite answer -- many voters are family historians. The Member of Parliament Scoreboard will be published prior to the next election -- we guarantee that -- it is already in provinces! http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/index6.htm To improve Mr. Manning's expertise in this census matter, print or find THE MYTHS OF CENSUS by Gordon Watts - sent earlier this year:- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html As he would be voted on in Alberta, he should also read up on MEMORANDUM OF LAW by Lois Sparling, Alberta barrister. [The Alberta 1906 census records should have been released 1998] Both will improve his knowledge -- more than the outdated sheets from Statistics Canada. Hopefully, Mr. Manning's NEW symbol will shine as brightly as the GOLD tick beside Jason Kenney's name!!!! (It means YES and SUPPORT!) Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> 25 Crestview Avenue Brampton, Ontario L6W 2R8 -------------------------------------------- "Manning, Preston - Assistant 2" wrote: > Preston Manning, M.P. > Calgary Southwest > > In Mr. Manning's absence, I acknowledge receipt of your message regarding > the release of census records. This is not an area of personal expertise > for Mr. Manning, but you may be interested to know that earlier this year > his colleague, Canadian Alliance MP Jason Kenney, put forward a motion > (M-160) on this issue, calling for the release of 1911 census records once > they have been deposited in the National Archives in 2003. This motion was > DEFEATED by the House of Commons before it adjourned for the summer. > > The Official Opposition will continue to carefully investigate the questions > and issues that the release of census records may raise for genealogists, > historians, researchers, and the general public. > > I invite you to write to Canadian Alliance MPs Jason Kenney or Dick Harris > with any additional information or helpful advice on this issue. They are > the Alliance MPs who will be particularly following this issue on behalf of > the caucus, and their conclusions and advice will weigh heavily with Mr. > Manning. They may be contacted in care of the House of Commons, Ottawa, > Ontario, K1A 0A6, or via e-mail at kenney@canadianalliance.ca > <mailto:kenney@canadianalliance.ca> or harris@canadianalliance.ca > <mailto:harris@canadianalliance.ca> . > > Again, thank you for sharing your views on this issue. I am sure you will > be focusing on encouraging the Government to introduce legislation that will > have a much greater chance of being passed into law than would a motion or > Private Member's Bill from an Opposition member. > > _____________________ > Jean Marie Clemenger > Personal Assistant to Preston Manning, M.P. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Muriel M. Davidson [mailto:davidson3542@home.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 2:24 PM > To: David Anderson - MP; Hedy Fry - MP; Chuck Cadman - > MP; Richard Harris - MP; Jay Hill - MP; Ted McWhinney - MP; Lou Sekora - MP; > Leon Benoit - MP; Preston Manning - MP; Charlie Penson - MP; John Williams - > MP; davidson3542@home.com; gordon_watts@telus.net >