Hello I just wanted to let you know that I went to the president of the local geno club to ask him to get the club to go to city hall. His answer, According to Senitor Milne, it is all under control and the extra conditions are nothing. We do not have to do anything more. What is she trying to do? Bonnie At 03:56 PM 5/19/2003 -0700, you wrote: >I suspect that Senator Fraser is telling exactly the truth. > Based upon the arguement set forth regarding Bill S-13, >she supports it as is. > >I have followed the posted material about the debate. The >support for any form of amendment in the Senate has been >tepid, at best. Not one person, especially the Senator >sponsoring the bill, has made any kind of real arguement as >to why it should be amended. It is all generalities, and >placation of the opposition. > >READ the stuff that has been posted. Go and look at the >Hansard Index. Find out what your Senator is saying, if >anything. Read the actual "arguement" and find out what is >actually being said. I suspect that a good many of the >people on this list would get very angry if they read every >word that Senator Milne has actually said about this bill >in the Senate. > >There is virtually no chance at all that this bill will >ever be amended to any significant degree. The government >will not allow any significant amendments. Look at how >this was ramrodded through the Senate. It will be the same >thing in the House. > >Why doesn't someone directly ask either Jeff Paul or >Senator Milne, "Exactly how much of an amendment will the >Government allow, before they withdraw their support for >this bill? Will they allow an "Opt Out" clause on future >censuses? Will they allow an ammendment that would >eliminate the 20 year period of time before full disclosure >of census data is allowed?" > >See if you get an honest answer to those specific >questions. > >They are at the heart of what is wrong with Bill S-13. I >will predict that you will never get an honest and direct >answer to those questions. If you do, you will be told >that no significant changes can be made to any of those >areas. But what I expect you will get are what we call, >"weasel words". Not a direct answer, but a lot of manure >about the legislative process, etc. > >Because I have been so outspoken about this bill, I have >been informed that at least one member of the Government >will no longer support my quest to resume my Canadian >Citizenship. So be it. It was my understanding that >Canada has freedom of speech. It sppears, that some people >in the Government do not really believe in the concept. > >I will not be stilled. Bill S-13 is a very bad bill. It >will restrict all of our access to Canadian Censuses during >our lifetimes. Unfortunately, it will virtually totally >cut our grandchildren and great-grandchildren off from all >Census data from 2006 onward. > > > > > >===== >Lynton (Bill) Stewart >A former dual Canadian and U.S. Citizen, who's Canadian Citizenship was >automatically stripped away without any notice, due to the fact that I was >born prior to 1947. My siblings born after that date get to resume their >Canadian Citizenship. I do not have that same right. > >Searching for Moore, McLennan, Peers, Stewart, Thompson in NS;. Black, >Foulds, Johnston and Stewart in MB; Provorse, Wright in ON, and Black, >Foulds & Stewart in SK & BC. > > >==== CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== >Download Post 1901 Census petitions at > http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/ >en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm