Charles Caccia is currently listed on the scoreboard with a big "?", but it seems he feels differently. What really amazed me was the speed of the response from his assistant. Fifteen minutes! Must have been a very slow mail day. Lance Schonberg Toronto --- "Caccia, Charles - Assistant 1" <CacciC0@parl.gc.ca> wrote: > From: "Caccia, Charles - Assistant 1" <CacciC0@parl.gc.ca> > To: "'Lance Schonberg'" <lschonberg@yahoo.ca> > Subject: RE: Post 1901 Census Release > Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:38:09 -0400 > > Dear Mr. Schonberg, > On behalf of Mr. Caccia, I wish to assure you Mr. Caccia will vote in > favour > of Bill C-484, an act to amend the Statistics Act and the National > Archives > of Canada Act (census records) introduced by Mr. Murray Calder, M.P. > The > intent of the bill is to amend the Statistics Act and the National > Archives > of Canada Act to allow for the transfer of census records from > Statistics > Canada to the National Archives of Canada where the records would be > released to the public subject to the Privacy Act. Mr. Caccia has > been > following closely the debate in the House over this issue. > Thank you for writing, > Sincerely, > ------------------------------------------------------- > Annie B�rub�, Legislative Assistant > Office of Charles Caccia, M.P. (Davenport) > Chair, House of Commons Standing Committee on > Environment and Sustainable Development > Phone (613) 992-2632 > Fax (613) 995-8202 > Email caccic0@parl.gc.ca > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lance Schonberg [mailto:lschonberg@yahoo.ca] > Sent: October 2, 2000 2:23 PM > To: Caccic0@parl.gc.ca > Subject: Post 1901 Census Release > > > Mr. Charles Caccia, M.P. > House of Commons > Parliament Buildings > Ottawa, Ontario > K1A 0A6 > > Dear Sir: > > Current estimates suggest that more than 7.5 million Canadians are > involved in genealogical research. These citizens are on a quest for > > their past, for their Canadian heritage and regard the Census reports > as a primary source of information. Under current legislation, post > 1901 Census reports will not be released to the public after 92 years > as the Census reports up to, and including, the 1901 have been. > > Those 7.5 million voters, now including myself, have, in the past two > years, sent numerous letters, e-mail messages, and petitions to their > local Members of Parliament, Government Ministers, and Senators > expressing their dismay with, and opposition to, the current > legislation and have requested the legislation be amended to allow > release to the Public of Census reports after 92 years, beginning > with > the 1906 Census immediately and the 1911 Census in 2003. > > I write to you, as my Member of Parliament, to ask the following > question: > > Would you, as a Member of the House of Commons of the Parliament of > Canada, having been placed in that position by the voting citizens of > your Constituency, vote FOR or AGAINST a Bill supporting release to > the > Public of Post 1901 Census Reports after 92 years, starting with the > 1906 Census? > > I await your answer to this question at your earliest convenience. > > Thank you. > > Yours sincerely, > > > > Lance Schonberg > 36 Salem Ave, Toronto > > _______________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca _______________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.ca address at http://mail.yahoo.ca