Hi! I know things have been kinda slow lately. I expect it as people are able to get outside in the beautiful (albeit very hot) weather. But if you are stuck inside at work like I am, here's a bit of good news to cheer you up. To anyone with Canadian ancestors, this should be very exciting! Concetta --------------------------------------------------- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: <ONTARIO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:01 AM Subject: [ONT] Post 1901 Census -- S-18 deemed to have passed Third Reading > Greetings All. > > At 8:10 AM PDT this morning I received a telephone call from the > Honourable Senator Lorna Milne. > > She advised me that at 8:00 AM PDT MP Dominic LeBlanc, Deputy Government > Whip, rose and stated words to the effect that "If the Speaker would > seek it, I believe he would have the unanimous consent of the House to > deem Bill S-18 -- An Act to amend the Statistics Act, to have passed > Third Reading" (not necessarily an exact quote). That consent was > given. > > Bill S-18 has now passed all necessary stages in both the Senate and the > House of Commons and all that remains to be done to make it law is for > it to receive Royal Assent. It is expected that assent will be received > shortly. > > There will be, I am sure, a great deal of cheering and celebrating when > that happens. It is believed that the Library and Archives of Canada > has already scanned images of the 1911 National Census of Canada and > they should be available on line almost immediately. > > We should now be able to spend our Summer researching the 1911 records > instead of continuing the fight to see them released. > > Genealogists and historian owe a GREAT debt of thanks to the > perserverance and dedication of the Hon. Senator Lorna Milne, without > whose support over the past several years, we would not have achieved > this victory. > > Those wishing to express their thanks to Senator Milne can do so through > her Policy Advisor, Jeff Paul at > > PAULJ@SEN.PARL.GC.CA > > On behalf of Muriel and myself, and all members of the Canada Census > Committee, I wish to express our thanks to all who have written letters > and email, signed petitions, called their Parliamentary representatives, > and generally supported our efforts to regain the public access to > Historic Census records we beleived we were always entitled to. I > expect that Muriel will likely be forwarding her own message of > appreciation as well. > > We look forward to hearing some of the stories of success in researching > the 1911 Census records. > > Happy Hunting. > > Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net > Co-chair Canada Census Committee > Port Coquitlam, BC > > http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census > en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm > > Permission to forward without notice is granted __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com