Hi Joseph; Write him and ask if he would be willing to introduce the necessary amendments to the bill. Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "joseph macdonald" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:18 PM Subject: [CCC] Fr: JACK LAYTON, Leader of NDP. > Hi, > > The following is a copy of the letter from Jack Layton, Leader-New > Democratic Party of Canada, concerning Bill S-13. > Juanita MacDonald > > NDP > Office of Jack Layton > Leader of Canada's New Democratic Party > > May 26, 2003, > > Dear Ms MacDonald, > > Thank you for taking the time to register your views and provide me with > the copies of your submissions to the Standing Senate Committee on Bill > S-13, Amendments to the Statistics Act. > > My NDP caucus collegues and I are in full agreement with your position > and in the past we have raised this issue in the House of Commons and > wrote to the Minister of Industry about the changes to the census forms. > We support the release of census information after 92 years, in the > belief that most Canadians would accept this as a reasonable balance of > the right to privacy and the collective interest in enhancing the study > of history. > > Meanwhile I am taking the liberty of forwarding a copy of your > correspondent to NDP Industry Critic, Brian Masse for his consideration. > Again thank you for keeping me informed of your initiatives on this > important issue. > > Sincerely, > (signature) > Jack Layton > Leader - New Democratic Party of Canada > cc. NDP Industry Critic - Brian Masse MP > > Jack Layton's e-mail address is > Email/couriel: [email protected] > > Canada's New Democratic Party > 1001 - 75 Albert, > Ottawa, Ont. > Canada K1P 5E7 > > Tel. (613) 236 - 3613 > Fax: (613) 230 - 9950 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > ==== CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe from Digest Mode. Send a message to > [email protected] that contains > (in the Subject line and body of the message) the command > -- unsubscribe -- and no additional text. > >