Greetings All. I forward for your information the following message from Lois Sparling regarding a date set for our legal case. The request for a hearing date was made in September 2002. The wheels of Justice do, indeed, move slowly. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Sparling" <lsparling@shaw.ca> To: CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 6:43 PM Subject: Beatty et al Dear All, The Federal Court has scheduled a full day hearing for Beatty et al v The Chief Statistician et al on May 6, 2003 in their Calgary court room commencing at 9:30 am. Gowning up for the good guys will be Paul Clark, Dianne Hunter and me. We are expecting two Justice Department lawyers to present argument on behalf of the Powers of Darkness. Dougald Brown of Ottawa will be representing the Privacy Commissioner. The Information Commissioner was removed as a party to this particular action at his own request last year. The lawyers are very excited. This hearing will take place in a court room open to the public but these courtrooms are not large and the arguments will be interesting only to legal minds. Before driving across country to attend, ask yourself - can you really listen to a full day's debate on the statutory interpretation of a century old Order-in-Council and the fine points of administrative law? The policy issues and importance of access to the census to our family, local and national history will be referred to only in passing (unless the Judge asks). Any of you who do want to attend, PLEASE ask me about court room etiquette in advance. Lois Sparling --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 1/10/03