To all:- The election results were interesting -- some new faces -- some we will be sorry to lose. However, several against the release of the census records were defeated -- but we will miss Murray Calder, former MP and a genealogist! Gordon also was watching -- now has the task of updating the scoreboard. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census committee http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/post1901census.htm ============= Greetings All. I have been watching the television election results since they first came on for the Atlantic Provinces and followed them across to the West Coast where I live. As I write this the final results are still coming in but it is obvious that the end result will be a Liberal Minority government. Some will be happy about that while others, for their own reasons, will be disappointed. One thing that will result is that the Liberals will have to seek cooperation with members of other parties in order to see legislation pass. They will no longer be able to push things through the legislature on their own and perhaps we can hope this will result in actions or legislation that will return to us the public access of Historic Census records that we seek -- with NO restrictions and NO conditions. Tomorrow there will be new names and new faces to include on the MPs Scoreboard. Some names we will be happy to remove. Others we will remove with reluctance -- such as Murray Calder, our champion in the House of Commons for the past several years. He was one Liberal we would have preferred to keep his seat in the House. We thank Murray for his past support of our efforts and wish him well in his life away from Parliament Hill. The MPs Scoreboard on the Post 1901 Census Project website will be updated as soon as I can get the information required to do so. One of the Red X's of opposition will disappear as it's owner was defeated. The owner of the other Red X retained his seat. At least one of the newly elected will have a Gold Tick of support. We will be looking to see who will be appointed as Minister of Canadian Heritage in the new cabinet. Ms. Helene Scherrer who was appointed as Heritage Minister last December was defeated in her riding. We hope, but do not really expect, to have someone appointed to the position of Industry Minister that will have the intestinal fortitude to tell the Chief Statistician to obey the laws of Canada and return care and control of Historic Census records to the National Archivist. We hope, but again do not really expect, PM Martin to remember his statements that bureaucrats should be following policy directed by Parliament and should not be directing policy themselves. Many promises have been made. It remains to be seen how many, if any, are kept. Time will tell. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.711 / Virus Database: 467 - Release Date: 6/25/04