Click on the links below to see up to date articles regarding Post 1901 Census issues written for the Global Gazette by Gordon A. Watts
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 28 October 2004
Response from Information Commissioner; Our legal action; New Bill on its way?; Requests for 'sample' letters; Gordon Watts letter to MPs; Letters are making a difference; Petitions.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 10 July 2004
Canadian Federaol Election; MP Scoreboard updated; Our legal case; Report of the Information Commissioner; Petitions; Letters; New questions?
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 22 June 2004
In Memorium; Our legal case; Federal election under way; Complaints to the Information Commissioner; Petitions; 2003 Report of Privacy Commissioner; Speech by new Privacy Commissioner 'encouraging'; Lougheed Martin Census contract cancelled; Sharing of Income Tax information denied.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 17 May 2004
Many still not aware; New petitions posted; 2004 Census Test; Bill S-13 is dead! - Or is it?; 'Contracting out' Census collection; Confidential (?) tax records revisited; United States Census testing too?; Complaints to Information Commissioner; The legal case.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 15 March 2004
Bill S-13 is dead; Discussions continue on Census issue; A letter to Industry Minister Lucienne Robillard; Complaints to the Information Commissioner; The legal action; Parliament in recess; Canada Census Campaign mail list.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 28 January 2004
Parliament to resume sitting; Letter to the Prime Minister; Complaints to the Information Commissioner; The legal action; Our confidential (?) tax records; Personal information of Parliamentarians.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 6 December 2003
AFHS library opens; AFHS meeting; Bill S-13 debated in House of Commons; Parliament is prorogued - Bill S-13 is dead - maybe!; What now?
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 2 September 2003
Access to Information Requests; Our legal action; Welcoming Parliament Back.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 19 June 2003
Bringing things up to date; Seeking access to 1911 Census Records; A new legal action; Summer is here.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 1 May 2003
Senate Standing Committee Meet on Bill S-13; The Honourable Senator Lorna Milne - our champion in the Senate; Access to Census and the democratic (?) process; What now?
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 14 March 2003
Senate Committee Hearings on Bill S-13; Submissions to Senate Committee.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 24 February 2003
Census legislation presented to Senate; Bill S-13 - An Act to Amend the Statistics Act. Summary; Gordon Watts submission to the Senate Committee; It is not too late.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 24 January 2003
1906 Canadian Census Records Released; News Releases from Senator Lorna Milne, MP Murray Calder; Acknowledgements; We are not finished yet.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 27 December 2002
Information Commissioner responds to complaints; Federal Government recognizes concerns of Genealogists and Historians; National Archives and National Library to merge; New Census information online; First symposium of Canada Genealogy Centre; The legal case.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 27 September 2002
An anniversary; Speaking too soon; The legal case; 2001 - the Year of the Volunteer; Canadian Genealogy Centre symposium; Victory in Australia; Outstanding letters; Access to Information requests.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 7 September 2002
Jean Chretièn will not run for re-election; The legal case; Access to Information requests; The 'force of law'; Seeking support; Petitions and letters; Response of the Privacy Commissioner.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 20 July 2002
Response to Globe & Mail Article.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 28 June 2002
Access to Information requests; Letters of complaint to the Information Commissioner; Media coverage; Senator Lorna Milne honoured; The legal case; Parliament adjourned.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 28 May 2002
The next step; Yet another step; Canada's 1901 Census Schedules now online; Attacks on information sources; California Senate Bill 1614 threatens to close genealogy records; Joint Resolution and petition from NGS and FGS.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 16 May 2002
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 19 April 2002
Report of Town Hall Meetings and Focus Groups released; The legal case; Bill C-312 dies on order paper; Bill S-12; Rumours.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 11 April 2002
The Legal Case; Bills C-312 and S-12; Access to Information Requests; Another ATI request; Other issues; Writing letters; One letter of note.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 1 March 2002
CBC "This Morning"; Bill S-12 in third reading; Our legal application; 1930 Census of the United States.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 12 February 2002
Going to Court; Town Hall Meetings completed.
Post-1901 Census News (Canada) - 25 January 2002
Heading for Federal Court; Town Hall Meetings.
Post-1901 Canadian Census Project News - 9 January 2002
The next step; Town Hall Meetings; Bills C-312 and S-12; Letters and e-mail vs. petitions.
Post-1901 Canadian Census Project News - 19 December 2001
Bill S-12 passed by Senate Committee without amendment; Ottawa Town Hall Meetings; Dr. Ivan Fellegi's presentation to the Senate Committee - a critique.
Post-1901 Canadian Census Project News - 12 December 2001
Town Hall meetings and focus groups; The 'compromise solution'.
Post-1901 Canadian Census Project News - 22 November 2001
Tragedy in the US; Words; BHC Plaque Unveiling; Senate Committee hearings on Bill S-12; My verbal presentation to the Senate Committee; Press Release of Senator Hatch (United States); Petitions.
Post-1901 Canadian Census Project News - 25 August 2001
Late breaking news re: Bill S-12; Plaque commemorating British Home Children unveiled; Looking for Brian Tobin!!; Access to Information Requests; Genealogy interest and research not restricted to elderly; Responses to petitions; Support from south of the border; Letters and petitions still needed.
Post-1901 Canadian Census Project News - 14 July 2001
Census Day 15 May 2001; "No consensus on the census"; Mr. Tobin, Are you out there somewhere?; Committee Hearings on Bill S-12 delayed.; My trip to Ottawa; Report on petitions.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. V No. 02 - 04 March 2001
Report on Role of National Archives and National Library of Canada; 1999 - 2000 Annual Report of the Information Commissioner; Post 1901 Census Project Website; What should my letter say?.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. V No. 01 - 04 January 2001
Elections finished; Report of the Expert Panel finally made public; Census Petitions.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 17 - 30 November 2000
Decisions - Decisions; MPs Scoreboard; Still no Report of Expert Panel; 1901 Census of England; Even in China, you say?; DNA and Genealogy; Petitions, Petitions, Petitions.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 16 - 16 November 2000
In Memorium -- Don Nisbet; Federal Election; Message from Senator Lorna Milne; Compromise Solution??; Petitions; Report of Expert Panel not yet released; Submission of Ottawa Branch OGS.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 15 - 27 October 2000
Federal Election call; John Manley removed as Industry Minister; Bill S-15 referred to committee; Final hour of debate on MP Jason Kenney's Motion M-160; Access to Information Request for Report made twice -- and refused twice; Hints of Expert Panel Report given; Environics Research Survey Report released; A challenge is issued.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 14 - 20 August 2000
John Manley Takes His Own Sweet Time; Environics Research Group opinion survey; Request for Access to Information made; Interim Privacy Commissioner appointed; National Archivist supports Access to Census; Prime Minister sets date for by-election. Also in the news: Newfoundland Census of 1921 now on-line
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 13 - 31 July 2000
No News is Good News?; John Manley Receives Report of the Expert Panel; Submission to Expert Panel by Gwen XXX; Dear Ancestor; Petitions Still Accepted and Letters and Email still required; Post 1901 Census Project website updates continue; Request for Submission to the Expert Panel.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 12 - 7 July 2000
Irresponsible Reporting and/or Political Intrique?; Letter to Editor of National Post; Summary of Enrvironics Research Focus Group Study; A.F.H.S. Submission to the Expert Panel; Report of Expert Panel not yet released.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 11 - 30 June 2000
Keep Census data secret, public tells Ottawa?; Submission of Don Nisbet to the Expert Panel.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 10 - 12 June 2000
Report of Expert Panel Delayed; MP Murray Calder Presents Bill; Senator Lorna Milne speaks; Debate on Bill S-15 continues in the Senate; Submissions to the Expert Panel by Muriel M. Davidson; Request for submissions to the Expert Panel.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 08 - 14 April 2000
Reason for being; submissions to the Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census from Lyndall H. Winters and Lois Sparling.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 07 - 24 March 2000
"The Myths of Census" - submission to the Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census by Gordon A. WATTS.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 06 - 10 March 2000
Senator Lorna Milne presents petitions in Senate; Term of Privacy Commissioner Bruce Phillips extended; Debate on Bill S-15 Continued in Senate; Motion M-160 debated in House of Commons.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 05 - 25 February 2000
Bill S-15 Receives Second Reading; "Getting Hooked on History" - the Canadian Historical Association presents brief to Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census; Keep up the pressure.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 04 - 11 February 2000
MP Mac Harb presents Private Member Bill C-312; Bill S-15 available; MP Jason Kenney's Motion M-160 to be debated; Expert Panel arranges conference call; More on Expert Panel; Post 1901 Census records safe, if not available; No debate re: confidentiality of Post 1901 Census; Force of Law re: Census confidentiality coincidental; Updated Petitions downloadable.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. IV No. 01 - 7 January 2000
Senator Lorna Milne presents Bill; MP Mac Harb poses question in House; Australians get choice; The Promise - Again; Response from Sheila Copps; Update of Post 1901 Census Project pages progressing; Happy New Year.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 26 - 13 December 1999
Honourable (?) mention in Privacy Report; Senator Lorna Milne speaks on appointment of Expert Panel; Seasons Greetings.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 24 - 26 November 1999
Industry Minister appoints Expert Panel; Opposition may have beneficial effects; Many still not aware of Census problem; The Promise - IT DOES NOT EXIST; Open letter to Senator Lowell Murray.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 22 - 12 November 1999
Canada Wide Petition sent; Need for petitions continues; New petition for Senate; Handling petitions; Support for Senator Lorna Milne; The Promise - Revisited; Globe and Mail says "Change the Law"; Canadian Historical Association on board Census Campaign.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 20 - 29 October 1999
The Promise; Canada Census of 1931; Petitions comin in.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 18 - 24 September 1999
Parliament Prorogued; Petition Deadline extended; Fifteen Minutes of Fame; Maclean's Magazine Article disappointing; Suport for Census Campaign strong in other countries; other sources; Have you written your letter?; Canadian Media reluctant to pick up on Census problems.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 16 - 10 September 1999
Maclean's publishes Post 1901 Census article; Recap of Post 1901 Census problem; We can make a difference; Boston States Genealogy Fair; Reprint - The Coming Day of Genealogy; MPs Scoreboard; Pass it on.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 14 - 27 August 1999
Dissenting views; Importance of Internet to Census Campaign; How have you spread the word; Time is catching up; Deadline does not end efforts; Media getting involved; Canada Census Campaign mail list.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 13 - 12 August 1999
New Petitions up on Post 1901 Census Page; MPs Scoreboard; M-Day; U.S. House of Representatives Committee Report; Bill on Access to Information; Census Important for Tracing Genetic Disease; Links to Other Pages.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 12 - 27 July 1999
Volunteers wanted; New petitions available; National Archivist appointed; CHA supports release of Census; E-mail from Senator Milne's office; MPs Scoreboard.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 11 - 9 July 1999
Canada Census Campaign mail list; Snail mail vs E-mail; MPs Scoreboard; Private Members Bills and the Formal Petition to the House.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 10 - 25 June 1999
Parliament in recess; Canada Census Campaign mail list up and running; Senator Milne writes Toronto Star; French language petition.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 09 - 11 June 1999
Canada wide Petition to House of Commons; No complaints regarding disclosure recorded; Other news.
GLOBAL GAZETTE - Vol. III No. 08 - 21 May 1999
First column of Post-1901 Census News.
An article written in response to the April/May issue of "The Family Tree" (Page 22B), entitled "Death of Canada's Census Greatly Exaggerated."
Click below to view a speech by Senator Lorna Milne at the ONTARIO GENALOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL SEMINAR MAY 28-30, TORONTO.
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