Greetings Mike and All. Although not for awhile, I have had considerable correspondence with Ted White. He recently indicated that he would vote in favour of M-160 and I had been considering giving him a gold tick on the Scoreboard, although with some misgivings. Except for stating he would vote for M-160, his position on everything else deserves the red cross he currently shows. The only ones that Mr. White has any interest in hearing from are those who are actually in his constituency. I give him credit for one thing, he has replied to those outside his constituency, up to the point where possibly the truth hurts. Many other MPs refuse to respond to anyone outside their constituency. Mr. White has remained relatively consistent in his base position, which is that he will vote the way the majority of his own constituents indicate the way they want him to. Mr. White's mind is made up, and he does not wish to be confused with the truth. He mentions "hundreds of people who have been lobbying me" -- it is to be hoped that at least some of them were from his consituency. It is time for me to once again contact Mr. White. When I do so I will attach a copy of the Environics Research report on the focus groups so that he might be better informed than what he has been from only the newspaper reports. A word of caution. When writing Mr. White, or any other MPs, please make your comments polite and factual. Being abusive because you do not agree with remarks made by the MP will likely not tend to win him/her over. It would likely work the other way and make them more entrenched in their opposition to our cause. Like the old saying goes, "You attract more bees with honey than you do with vinegar." Happy Hunting Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Carter <carter@unb.ca> To: <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, 23 June, 2000 5:38 AM Subject: (Fwd) [CCC-L] Special: Reply from North Vancouver MP Ted White What an ass. I can't believe we actually vote people like this into office. I encourage everyone, and I mean EVERYONE to contact this guy and put the pressure on him. Phone, e-mail, letter, contact your friends and have them do it too. Especially pissed off constituents of his riding should be flooding him with comments. Mike ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date forwarded: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 11:54:15 -0700 Date sent: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:59:49 -0400 From: "Muriel M. Davidson" <davidson3542@home.com> Organization: @Home Network Subject: [CCC-L] Special: Reply from North Vancouver MP Ted White To: CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com To all:- I agree - I am not one of Ted White's constituents - but hope some researchers of that area read the following. Mr. White must have thought pneumonia affected my vision -- the memo was sent in 18 and 14 pt. print. I feel certain he has just exchanged his green fence for a red X -- meaning NO. Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> ===================================== Email Memo Date : June 22, 2000 To : Muriel Davidson Subject : Census data Dear Ms. Davidson, I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email of June 21st, 2000 in which you requested that I vote for ANY Bills and Motions that may come before the House of Commons which would result in the release of census records. I believe that I clearly outlined my position in my June 13th email to you, and since you are not one of my constituents I do not feel obliged to engage in further correspondence on this subject. I have quite enough work to do handling issues of importance to the voters of North Vancouver without using my time to respond to lobbyists living in 300 other ridings across Canada. The above having been said, attached to this email message is a copy of a recent article reporting the results of a poll and study related to your demands for the release of the census information. As you can see for yourself, and in complete alignment with my prediction, the MAJORITY of Canadians would not want MPs to vote for the retroactive release of census records. Just as I stated in my earlier email messages to hundreds of people who have been lobbying me, there would be a public outcry if we voted to end a Government promise to keep the census records confidential. Correspondence on this subject is now closed. Yours truly, Ted White, MP =================== The supposedly ATTACHED article was not included, likely a copy of the National Post article. Also, I am not a lobbyist -- just one hoping to help all of us! Muriel ------- End of forwarded message ------- Michael Carter University of New Brunswick Department of Physical Plant PO Box 4400 Fredericton NB E3B 5A3 Phone: 506-453-4714 Fax: 506-453-5183 E-mail: carter@unb.ca