I was in agreement with Bill also and therefore if we can't vent our thoughts here, positive or negative then I see no reason to continue reading all this legal stuff and I therefore am unsubbing. Just too much junk in the box. Rita in PEI David Rowat wrote: > I'm sorry to see that Bill Stewart has been removed from the List. Of > all the arguments expressed by many people on the subject of Bill S-13, > his were the the most coherent and logical, and he was one of the few > people who made any sense. He reminded me of the little boy who had the > temerity to exclaim that the Emperor was not wearing any clothes. > I urge everyone to read again the exact wording of Bill S-13, An Act to > amend the Statistics Act. You will find no mention of "tombstone > information", or short forms or long forms. There is no mention of > opt-in or opt-out checkboxes either. These topics are mentioned in > Senator Milne's presentation of the bill to the Senate, but the actual > words of the bill itself say something different. I can see in the words > of the bill that an additional 20 years are to be added to the 92 years > of waiting before the census data will be released, making a total of > 112 years. Anyone wishing to examine the census in those last 20 years > must first demonstrate that his "historical research project" has some > public and scientific value. The approval of the project will be by > persons to be determined later, and the applicant will be required to > sign an undertaking "in the form prescribed by regulation", whatever > that means. Do not assume anything is in this bill unless it is written > there, and think carefully about what it does say. This bill does > absolutely nothing for genealogy and to call it "flawed" is to be > charitable. > In the words of Lynton Stewart, anyone who supports this bill should be > ashamed. > > David Rowat > > ==== CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== > Read Gordon A. Watts' column on Post 1901 Census issues at > http://globalgazette.net

Rita I think you missed the point. If I am correct you can voice your opinion on this list There is always two sides to every thing BUT to do it at the expense of a third party the way Lynton did I feel that was wrong. There was no need for him to Name names etc. that is "FLAMING" That is why he was removed after he had been warned on more than one occasion about flaming. Gordon am I correct in my assumptions. Carol (tweetybird) Home page:<http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tweetybirdgenealogy/> Visit my home page for "Home Children" information and other "world wide" links plus various passenger lists. Searching : Hart, Haslip, Jackson, Stevens, Little, Budge, Chipman, Welch, Russell, Johns & Glover --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.483 / Virus Database: 279 - Release Date: 5/19/03

I too am sorry to see Bill Stewart shut down. He is expressing very well what many of us wish to express, and he has the guts to do it. I personally have had it with the double speak coming out of the Senate and all attached relating to the whole census issue. There was no problem until the bureaucrats got their paws into a make work issue, it at the direction of a single-minded bureaucrat. There surely is enough work for the Senate, if they would get to it, to leave issues like the census alone. This has become a cut and dried issue, there is no way that there will be changes in the H of C and Chretien will see to it that the bill is passed as presented. He is a dictator of the first order - that will be his legacy. Freda Stewart Calgary, AB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom G. & Rita Offer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 7:00 AM Subject: Re: [CCC] Lynton Stewart > I was in agreement with Bill also and therefore if we can't vent our thoughts here, > positive or negative then I see no reason to continue reading all this legal stuff > and I therefore am unsubbing. Just too much junk in the box. > Rita in PEI > > David Rowat wrote: > > > I'm sorry to see that Bill Stewart has been removed from the List. Of > > all the arguments expressed by many people on the subject of Bill S-13, > > his were the the most coherent and logical, and he was one of the few > > people who made any sense. He reminded me of the little boy who had the > > temerity to exclaim that the Emperor was not wearing any clothes. > > I urge everyone to read again the exact wording of Bill S-13, An Act to > > amend the Statistics Act. You will find no mention of "tombstone > > information", or short forms or long forms. There is no mention of > > opt-in or opt-out checkboxes either. These topics are mentioned in > > Senator Milne's presentation of the bill to the Senate, but the actual > > words of the bill itself say something different. I can see in the words > > of the bill that an additional 20 years are to be added to the 92 years > > of waiting before the census data will be released, making a total of > > 112 years. Anyone wishing to examine the census in those last 20 years > > must first demonstrate that his "historical research project" has some > > public and scientific value. The approval of the project will be by > > persons to be determined later, and the applicant will be required to > > sign an undertaking "in the form prescribed by regulation", whatever > > that means. Do not assume anything is in this bill unless it is written > > there, and think carefully about what it does say. This bill does > > absolutely nothing for genealogy and to call it "flawed" is to be > > charitable. > > In the words of Lynton Stewart, anyone who supports this bill should be > > ashamed. > > > > David Rowat > > > > ==== CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== > > Read Gordon A. Watts' column on Post 1901 Census issues at > > http://globalgazette.net > > > ==== CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== > Read Gordon A. Watts' column on Post 1901 Census issues at > http://globalgazette.net > >