Dear Mr. Paul, You should be aware that because of a crash in the Rootsweb site hosting the Canada Census Committee information, many of us have just recently had a chance to examine the proposed Bill S-18. While researchers across Canada appreciate the efforts of Senator Milne and others to make the censuses accessible, not all of us want to see it done at the cost of introducing restrictions that will create a nightmare for future generations of researchers. I am working on more detailed comments on this Bill, but a delay in its passage to allow for sober second thought does not seem to be a bad idea. Wayne Neily Sainte-Anne, MB >From: "Paul, Jeff: SEN" <PAULJ@SEN.PARL.GC.CA> >To: CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CCC] URGENT S-18 UPDATE >Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:09:05 -0500 > >Hi there everyone > >There have been some important develoments in S-18 and Senator Milne >needs your help. As many of you may know, Conservative Senator >Lynch-Staunton took the adjournment of the debate of the bill yesterday. >This means that no progress can be made on the bill until he speaks. We >have found out that he will not be in the Senate next week and that he >does not intend to speak on the bill until the government promises to >hold hearings on a private Senator's bill that Senator Stratton still >hasn't even introduced. > >This development has the potential to delay progress on the bill by >several weeks. Senator Milne needs your help to put pressure on the >Conservatives to move ahead with S-18. We need people to write to: > >Senator John Lynch-Staunton: lynchj@sen.parl.gc.ca > >Senator Terrence Stratton: stratt@sen.parl.gc.ca >Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party in the Senate > >You can also call the Senate at 1-800-267-7362 and ask for Sen. >Stratton's office or Sen. Lynch-Staunton's office and explain to their >staff that you want to see action on this bill. Senator Stratton is >from Manitoba and Sen. Lynch-Staunton is from Quebec. If you are from >those provinces a call may be especially helpful. > >You should urge both of these Senators to allow S-18 to move forward, >and encourage Sen. Lynch-Staunton to speak on the bill as soon as >possible. We also need to lean on Stephen Harper to get him to realize >that his Senate Caucus is holding up a bill that is supported by the >Conservative Party. If your MP is Conservative, I strongly encourage >you to write to him or her and ask them to put pressure on the >Conservative Senators who are holding up the bill. > >We can't do much from our end because Conservatives can tell us to go to >hell without there being any consequences. They can't do the same thing >to the general pubilc. > >Good luck you guys. I hope that once again we can have your support. > >Jeff Paul >Policy Advisor >Office of the Hon. Lorna Milne >Ph: (613) 947-9744 >Cell: (613) 715-2965 > > > >==== CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== >How to unsubscribe from Digest Mode. Send a message to >CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains >(in the Subject line and body of the message) the command >-- unsubscribe -- and no additional text. >