This submission is very lengthy and in-depth, and worth reading in its entirety. Canadian libraries and archives occupy an essential position in providing literacy, facilitating community development, promoting identity, disseminating information, and preserving evidence critical to democracy and social justice initiatives; critical of amalgamation of libraries and archives for they are very different; LAC has not served aboriginal Canadians well in TRC research; Canada's multicultural communities are underrepresented in the holdings of most Canadian archives; despite NADP's shining review/audit by LAC it was cancelled; the Canadian archival community provides services that are incredibly consortial; declining funding means the inability to tackle major projects; archives are rarely credited for their role in memory building (genealogy websites an example of archival amnesia); discusses management skills;
