-I LOST MY ORIGINAL COPY OF THIS LETTER LATE IN 1981 AND WROTE TO MR. BROADBENT FOR A REPLACEMENT COPY.
IN A JANUARY 18, 1982 RETURN LETTER, THE REPLACEMENT WAS PROVIDED, OF WHICH THIS IS A SCAN.
BECAUSE OF ITS POOR QUALITY, I AM HERE PROVIDING THE TEXT OF IT:

__________________________
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
DEC 20 1979




Mr. Gordon C. Wong
Senior Adviser to the
Year of the Child
 #4-12 MacDonell Avenue
Toronto, Ontario


Dear Mr. Wong:


On behalf of Mr. Broadbent, I wish to acknowledge and thank you for your letter of December 5, 1979. Mr. Broadbent is currently campaigning and will be away from Ottawa for several weeks.

I have read your letter with great interest and will bring it to Mr. Broadbent's attention after the election.

Once again, thank you for writing and expressing your views.


Yours sincerely,



Michael Mears
Special Assistant to
J.E. Broadbent, M.P.

TO SEE A SCAN OF THE LAST LETTER I RECEIVED FROM HIM, TAKE YOUR NEXT FOOTSTEP HERE.