----- Original Message ----- From: "-Office of the Leader of the Opposition" <OLO@parl.gc.ca> To: <kjorsvik@sprint.ca> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 2:51 PM June 7, 2000 Donna Kjorsvik <kjorsvik@sprint.ca> Dear Ms. Kjorsvik: Thank you for your recent e-mail message regarding the release of census records to the public. As you may know, I have been appointed Leader of the Official Opposition (Interim) since Preston Manning has made the decision to step down to campaign for the leadership of the new Canadian Alliance. I am honoured to be assuming the duties and responsibilities of this prestigious office and welcome this opportunity to reply to your concerns. You will be interested to know that Canadian Alliance MP Jason Kenney has put forward a motion (M-160) on this issue, calling for the release of 1911 census records once they have been deposited in the National Archives in 2003. This motion is scheduled for debate in the House of Commons on June 6th. Please be assured that the Official Opposition will carefully investigate the questions and issues that this may raise for genealogists, historians, researchers, and the general public. I invite you to write to Canadian Alliance MPs Jason Kenney or Dick Harris on this issue. They may be contacted in care of the House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6, or via e-mail at <kenney@canadianalliance.ca> or <harris@canadianalliance.ca>. Again, thank you for bringing your concerns to my attention, and for sharing your views on this issue. My best wishes. Sincerely. Deborah Grey, M.P. Leader of the Opposition (Interim) /kjs NOTE:- E-mail addresses for Deborah Grey, Jason Kenney and Richard Harris. There is also Private Member's Bill C-484 presented by Mr. Murray Calder, MP Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html> Print THE MYTHS OF CENSUS by Gordon Watts!