I have written before about the Canadian government’s plans to
either destroy or else seal forever all census records after 1901. Gordon Watts
has been leading an effort to stop this loss of vital genealogy information
and has published frequent newsletters about this battle waged by genealogists
all over Canada as well as the rest of the world. Now Gordon writes:
On Wednesday 17 April 2002 the Environics Research Group Report
on the Town Hall Meetings and Focus Groups regarding Release of the 1906
and 1911 Census Records, was quietly placed on the Statistics Canada website.
There was no fanfare, no parade, no notice. Later the same day, links on
the Environics website no longer went to individual reports on the Town
Hall meetings, but now opened the Report on Statistics Canada's website.
I have finished reading the Report, and to say the least,
I am not impressed.
If you have an interest in preserving Canadian genealogical information,
you need to read Gordon Watts’ full report at: globalgazette.net/gazce/gazce81.htm
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