Dear lists, The hearing of our second Federal Court Application, Beatty v AG Canada et al was this morning in Calgary. Mertie Beaty and Rene Dussome were there to cheer me on. Patrick Bendin appeared as Counsel for the misguided ones. We presented argument for about 3 hours with a few questions from Mr. Justice Gibson. I would have preferred more questions and discussion with the judge since that would have given me some clues about what he was thinking and what he did and did not accept from my arguments. The decision was reserved. This means the judge will think about it all some more, perhaps do some research of his own and give us a written decision later. The late Bob Westbury was very much on our minds as we arrived at the Court. I have to correct Gordon Watts' suggestion that Bob was just playing devils advocate when he suggested civil disobedience. He meant every word of it. Access to our history was a matter of great importance to him. He was truly outraged with the attitude of the Chief Statistician and, more recently, with the deal the National Archivist apparently felt he had to make (Bill S-13). Fortunately, I forgot about everything except the argument to be presented once Court started. Thoughts about the loss of Bob and how much the census release campaign meant to him would not have helped my composure. Lois Sparling Calgary, Alberta