Hi Jean and Sheila The following are statements made by Jean to the parliament about his new proposed "History Centre". I think he is guilty of outright Lies. Please read my comments below: "The role of this institution will be to increase accessibility of all Canadians to their history." But you deny us this access by refusing to release the Census. I am 64 and can't wait for the Census release so I can work on it now as its hard to access a Computer from a Hospital Bed or a Grave. "The Canada History Centre will focus on those who have contributed to the building of Canada and the flourishing of our democracy." The people who contributed to the building were our Ancestors who cleared land, build homes, grew crops, fed the cattle and moulded the future, not politicians who sat and made some really stupid decisions. "This Centre will soon become the site of one of the most important meetings in its history: one between Canadians and their shared past." My shared past comes from my Grandparents and I would like to know more about them, but you have denied me that access through Bill S-13, "Together Canadians have built a nation that is strong, prosperous and free. We must know the builders of our nation to sustain what their mind and hearts, their muscles and their blood, have created." Access B-13 will give me that access your MUSEUM will only ruffle and preen the feathers of Politicians NOT the people that sweated to make Canada what it is today. "We must once again strengthen the ties that bind us together and the understanding of Canada that we share. Our past must be near us as we move into the future." Bill S-13 will grant us this and won't cost the exporbitant sum you state and that money could build a fantastic Health Care Base. "Listen carefully and you can hear echoes in this magnificent building. ......... Echoes of immigrants arriving from Pier 21in Halifax, some to stay, some to open up the Canadian West." But we can't find those immigrants as Census access is denied. "The Canada History Centre will bring to life the memories of men and women who, through their ideas, their vision and their actions, inscribed their names on the rolls of our history." But we can't find them as access is denied to the Census. Just release the Census figures for the last 75 years and it won't cost too much at all. "The new Canada History Centre will open a door to the great wealth of our history and our heritage........" Access to the Census will open that door sooner. All your statements do is slap us and our Ancestors in the face. We want to know about them and we want to know them NOW not through this Grandeous Political Elephant that will only drain our pockets of our hard earned money. Just release the Census and make millions happy. Rita Offer, a former Cape Bretoner like Sheila's Grandfather. PS have either of you done a Family Tree???? I don't think so or the Census would have been released before this. Try doing a Tree and feel our frustration.