Forwarded on behalf of Gordon A. Watts, Co-Chair Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee =============== Greetings All. My thanks to all who have forwarded to me the message relating to Professor Bill Waiser's response from the Information Commissioner to his complaint regarding Statistics Canada's refusal to grant access to the 1906 Special Western Census. I have been in contact with Professor Waiser who will be providing me with a copy of his press release. I will be able to post this after his press conference Wednesday morning. I am advised that others who complained to the Information Commissioner regarding this matter are now receiving their responses as well. I expect that mine will be waiting for me on my return home at the end of the week. I would request that all those who receive a response from the Information Commissioner regarding their complaint on this matter to please send copies of those responses to me. I will be putting them all together and submitting copies of them to our lawyer, Lois Sparling. They may well play a part in our current legal action. Copies of these responses may be sent to me at 1455 Delia Drive Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2V9 Alternately, they may be faxed to me at 604-942-6843. In this instance, however, I would prefer to receive photocopies in the mail. I would request also that those receiving responses from the Information Commissioner complete and return the forms that accompany the response, giving the Information Commissioner authourity to proceed to the Federal Court on their behalf. At this time I would not recommend proceeding individually because of the cost involved. If the Information Commissioner proceeds on our behalf, the cost is to the government, not ourselves. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/ en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverley Gutenberg" <beverleygutenberg@sasktel.net> To: <ALBERTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:24 PM Subject: [ALBERTA] Fw: 1906 Census announcement On Wednesday, Dec. 18 there will an annoucement that Dr. Bill Waiser won his complaint that he took to Information Services against Stats Canada for the release of the 1906 Census. Information Services found his complaint to be valid and ordered Stats Canada to release these documents immediately. You are invited to be in attendance for the press conference at 10:00 Am in the Agricultural Building, 51 Campus Dr, University of Saskatchewan. The conference will be in the Atrium, coffee and refreshment will be served. Densyse Smith (via Dr Bill Waiser) asked me to get this information out to you - so - please try and attend - the more bodies at this conference the better, this will show the government that we are supporters to have the censuses released. Looking forward to seeing many supporters there - Lynda. Please feel free to forward this announcement to other lists. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.427 / Virus Database: 240 - Release Date: 12/6/02