Forwarded for Gordon Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Muriel M. Davidson ================ Greetings All. First debate in the House of Commons on second reading of Bill S-13 - an Act to amend the Statistics Act is on the House schedule for today (Thursday). It has also been on the schedule the past two days but has not yet made it.. Time will tell if it will make it today. Should it happen, debate should start some time after 3:00 PM Ottawa time. It will be televised on CPAC. There is at least one Bill ahead of it on the schedule. Time limits for debate have been set as follows: S-13 - The Minister of Industry - An Act to amend the Statistics Act - Second reading (first time debated) Length of speeches, pursuant to Standing Order 74: The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition - unlimited time. First three Members - 40 minutes maximum. All other Members - During the 5 hours of debate following the first three Members - 20 minutes maximum and speeches are subject to a 10-minute question and comment period. After the period of debate referred to above - 10 minutes maximum. It is expected that Bill S-13 will be referred to the House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. Those considering making a submission to the Committee should be preparing to do so now. Addressing information is as follows: House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology House of Commons 180, rue Wellington Street, Room / pièce 671 OTTAWA, Ontario K1A 0A6 Attn: Jean-François Pagé, Clerk EMail : inst@parl.gc.ca Telephone : (613) 947-1971 Fax : (613) 943-0307 Makeup of the Committee is as follows" CHAIR Walt Lastewka Lastewka.W@parl.gc.ca VICE-CHAIRS Dan McTeague McTeague.D@parl.gc.ca James Rajotte Rajotte.J@parl.gc.ca MEMBERS André Bachand Bachand.A@parl.gc.ca Larry Bagnell Bagnell.L@parl.gc.ca Paul Crête Crete.P@parl.gc.ca Brian Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick.B@parl.gc.ca Cheryl Gallant Gallant.C@parl.gc.ca Jocelyne Girard-Bujold Girard-Bujold.J@parl.gc.ca Serge Marcil Marcil.S@parl.gc.ca Brian Masse Masse.B@parl.gc.ca or Masseb0@parl.gc.ca Hon. Gilbert Normand Normand.G@parl.gc.ca Andy Savoy Savoy.A@parl.gc.ca Brent St. Denis St.Denis.B@parl.gc.ca Paddy Torsney Torsney.P@parl.gc.ca Joseph Volpe Volpe.J@parl.gc.ca There are 93 Associate Members which I will not list here. 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. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.487 / Virus Database: 286 - Release Date: 6/1/03