The preservation and availability of documentary heritage often seems like the air we breathe or the water we drink – taken for granted until something happens to it!
— UNESCO statement on documentary heritage

Take Action to Save LAC

Voice your concern about the situation at Library & Archives Canada by writing a letter to:

The Hon. James Moore
Minister of Canadian Heritage & Official Languages
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6

Dr. Daniel Caron
Library & Archives of Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa Ontario
K1A 0N4

Points to write about

  • Amend the Library and Archives of Canada Act to more clearly specify LAC’s obligation to maintain a comprehensive collection of Canada’s documentary heritage
  • Ensure funding required to fulfill this obligation
  • Restore LAC’s full acquisition of published material and archival acquisitions
  • Restore public services, including access to archivists and librarians; access to the general reference collection; and re-establishment of specialist archivist positions
  • End fragmentation of collections resulting from decentralization

Send a Letter

Click here to send a letter from this website telling The Hon. James Moore & Dr. Daniel Caron to save Library & Archives Canada.

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