Seems Canada can also do it - now if only the British Government...
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CAMPAIGN FOR RELEASE OF HISTORIC CENSUS RECORDS FINALLY OVER
OTTAWA - June 28, 2005 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Senator Lorna Milne (L-Brampton) was celebrating this morning as the House of Commons gave unanimous consent to pass Bill S-18 an Act to amend the Statistics Act, to allow for the release of historic census records.
"It is absolutely wonderful. This represents seven years of effort since I first raised a notice of inquiry in the Senate." said Milne. "The historic census finally has been secured as a public historic record for the use of all Canadians, and I could not be happier".
In 1998 Statistics Canada raised concerns about the legality of the release of the historic census records. This led to 7 years of investigation, analysis, debate, and discussion over how to permit the use of historic census records in Canada.
"I want to thank all of the Ministers who have put so much effort on this file. Ministers Manley, Rock, Robillard, Emerson all put significant work on this file, and I am so pleased that Minister Emerson took swift action, building on the work of previous ministers, to push this thing through." said Milne. "It is certainly a very happy day for all Canadians".
It is expected that the 1911 census that was taken 94 years ago will be released in due time. "It is my understanding that the Archives of Canada is working as quickly as possible to put this online" noted Milne.
Special thanks also go out to Muriel Davidson, Gordon Watts, Chad Gaffield, Lois Sparling, and all of the rank and file of the Canada Census Campaign who put in so much effort to the cause.
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sporran
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Re: 1911 census
Hello Jack,
Regards,
John
Good to see that the UK is not the only country that can drag a debate on for 7 years. If we start campaigning now, we could see our 1911 census released in June 2012. Oh, hang on a minute......Jack wrote: This led to 7 years of investigation, analysis, debate, and discussion over how to permit the use of historic census records in Canada.
Regards,
John
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Laura
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Re: 1911 census
You taught us well.sporran wrote:
Good to see that the UK is not the only country that can drag a debate on for 7 years.