hmm..i see this announcement as fodder for our cannon. re-read it and everytime it mentions historic/civic..think of how the censuses help clarify the picture. i particularily like these two paragraphs. It will draw on the resources of the National Library and the Public > Archives of Canada, as well as other museums and collections. > > The museum will also highlight the important roles that aboriginals, > settlers and immigrants played in creating and transforming the > country. while this new museum will honour the "significant" canadians, will it also remember the ordinary canadians whose records/contributions will only be found on the census forms? they are the mesh that holds the cement of this great nation. they are hidden from view, but it is they who gave the durability and strength when building the frame work. it is the little guy who built the pedestals for our giants to stand on. Chretien > said in announcing the project. "The Canada of today was determined > by > the will of its people and by the vision of the leaders they chose to > represent them." lets push chretien to not just say these words, but to have them proudly displayed via the census records when the The Canadian History Centre opens. with out the followers, there can be no leaders. i repeat chretien's words.. "The Canada of today was determined > by > the will of its people and by the vision of the leaders they chose to > represent them." pretty darn good ammo to fire back at the leaders of the country..enough tunnel vision from ottawa, and the dept of stats..we want the full panorama of our history available..and that includes unrestricted access to all censuses..past, present and future. if we are going to honour canada's history..it can not be done without honouring ALL.canadians, even the guy who made the shoes for the pm, or the construction workers who build the provincial capitals or the farmers who grew the food to feed the workers. canada is the nation it is today, because our ancestors contributed in their own small ways to make the great leaders great. these little people deserve the recognition, they are canada's history. roz On Monday, May 26, 2003 8:26 PM, Ian Holmes [SMTP:[email protected]] wrote: > This just announced: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > New museum highlights Canadian history > To cost $90M and be built over five years > > Monday, May 26, 2003 > OTTAWA (CP) -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced plans Monday for > a > major new museum in the country's capital dedicated to political and > civic history. > > The Canadian History Centre, which will cost $90 million over five > years, will be housed in the city's former railway station, which has > been used as a government conference centre in recent years. > > "Our political history is a rich one that needs to be told," Chretien > said in announcing the project. "The Canada of today was determined > by > the will of its people and by the vision of the leaders they chose to > represent them." > > He said the centre will make political history more accessible by > arranging travelling exhibits, as well as using the Internet. > > It will draw on the resources of the National Library and the Public > Archives of Canada, as well as other museums and collections. > > The museum will also highlight the important roles that aboriginals, > settlers and immigrants played in creating and transforming the > country. > > It is expected the project will cost about $90 million, including $40 > million for renovations to the building, which was built between 1909 > and 1912. > > The centre joins the capital's other major museums, which include the > Museum of Civilization, the Canadian War Museum, the Canadian Museum > of > Nature, the Canadian Aviation Museum and the Canadian Science and > Technology Museum. > ? Copyright 2003 The Canadian Press > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > I makes me sick to my stomach. > > While we, the ordinary people, are working so hard to persuade the > politicians to make our history available to us 92 years after it was > recorded, they go ahead and spent OUR money to distribute our rich > political history. > > Where is the justice in this country? > > Ian Holmes > > > ==== CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe from Mail 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. >