Should one be interested, tune into CPAC -- the times are given about 10 AM -- do not always follow the clock!! Contact either Gordon A. Watts or myself if you desire further information, please. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee ======================== --- Message from Gordon Watts below --- Greetings All. While many of us thought that Second Reading debate in the House of Commons re: Bill S-13 was unlikely to take place before government prorogued, it appears that we may have under-estimated the government's desire to have something passed before the courts deal with our current legal action. (This is speculation on my part.) The first session of this debate has just finished. The opening speaker was Serge Marcil (Liberal), Parliamentary Secretary to Industry Minister Allan Rock. It is unfortunate that Mr. Rock did not see fit to open the debate himself. Others speaking to the Bill were Brian Masse (NDP), Larry Bagnell (Liberal), Grant McNally (CA), Paul Crete (Bloc), Peter Adams (Liberal), Paul Szabo (Liberal) and Gerald Keddy (PC). One Member spoke briefly on two occasions. He seems to have a one track mind stuck on 'privacy in perpetuity'. In my humble opinion his one track mind is 'derailed'. I will not mention his name here but in reading the Hansard transcription of the debate there will be no doubt about who it is. The Hansard transcription will not be online until tomorrow. I should be able to have it on the Post 1901 Census Project website by Wednesday. I assume that debate will continue tomorrow (Tuesday) and each Hansard transcription will be placed on the website as soon as possible. The motion before the House is to have Second Reading on S-13 and refer it to the House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. I have already notified the Clerk of the Committee that I wish to testify before the Committee. Anyone considering submitting written submissions to the Committee should start working on them now. Contact information for the Committee is as follows: Louise M. Thibault, Clerk House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, House of Commons 180 Wellington Street 671, Wellington Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0A6 Tel (613) 947-1971 Fax (613) 943-0307 Email: INST@parl.gc.ca I will post the MPs currently on the Committee in a subsequent message. 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 >