jeff please cite the exact clause that will allow us to conduct research on the 1911 without 3rd party approval. it may come in handy at a later date. beaucrats listen best when one can counter their double speak with exact information to confirm a "right" to access.. regards roz On Wednesday, May 28, 2003 5:41 AM, Paul, Jeff: SEN [SMTP:[email protected]] wrote: > Hey there gang: > > Just to clear up the misconception once again. Genealogists will NOT > be required to get the approval of anyone before conducting research. > The third party approval only applies to those doing historical > research. If you are searching your own family, or searching for > another person's family on their behalf, no third party approval is > required. That is laid out properly in bill S-13. > > If this bill is passed, the 1911 census will be available on line this > year to all genealogists who accept the undertaking. > > Jeff Paul > Policy Advisor > Office of the Hon. Lorna Milne > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Rowat [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CCC] Lynton Stewart > > > 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 ==== > Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census Issues at > http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/ > en francais http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm >