Well, I live in this "turkeys" riding of North Vancouver. I have written him several times since last September and have received various messages with various answers.....and I helped vote him in in the last election but you can be assured that I won't be helping him this election if he keeps this up. I thought he had a change of heart when he sent me this last answer dated June 1, 2000. In it he stated in the next to last paragragh...."I expect to be voting in favour of this Motion if, or when, it comes to a final vote". So yet again, I get confirmation that you can't trust ANY elected officials to keep their "PROMISES" even if we have heard them with our own years or received them in written form. It makes me wonder, if the MP's can't keep a recent promise, what is the BIG DEAL of the supposed "promise" of 1911 Census having a right to Privacy Act attached to it and they can't release it. There isn't anyone left alive that can remember that far back. My aunt is 92 years old born in 1909 and can't remember th 1911 Census. Please see below for that famous North Vancouver MP Mr. Ted Whte's reply. (I will be visiting his office this summer, I can assure you.) AND I QUOTE: Memo Date : June 1, 2000 To : Ms. Adele Turner From : Ted White, MP (North Vancouver) Subject : Post 1901 Census Dear Ms.Turner: I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your email message of May 28, 2000 regarding the release of post 1901 Census information. In your email message you ask if I am, "as an elected Member of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada, voting for or against a Bill supporting the release to the public, of Post 1901 Census records, 92 years after they were recorded?" Actually, at this time there is no legislation before Parliament to vote on with respect to this issue. There is, however, a Private Members Motion which has been put forward by a Canadian Alliance MP, Jason Kenney. M-160 urges the Government to do everything possible to ensure that the post 1901 Census records are released some time after 2003, and I expect to be voting in favour of this Motion if, or when, it comes to a final vote. Although I will be voting for M-160, I feel that it is important to point out that a Private Member's Motion should not be confused with a piece of legislation, or a Government Bill, because a motion does not automatically produce a law when passed. However, the fact is, tabling a Motion in the House is the only means by which the Official Opposition can encourage the Government to take action on a specific issue. For all practical purposes though, passage of M-160 is unlikely to have any effect whatsoever on the Government and I suspect that Minister Manley will simply continue to defer the making of any decision regarding census records until after the next election. Yours truly, Ted White, MP ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Carter <carter@unb.ca> To: <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: June 23, 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 > > ______________________________