To all:- We will all be pleased to know The Hon. Sheila Copps is backing Post-1901 census release. Letters of THANKS only, please. Muriel M. Davidson <[email protected]> Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, Ontario http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Score3.htm#ON ========================================= Greetings All It is just before 12:00 noon and I have just hung up the telephone from speaking with Heritage Minister Sheila Copps on Bill Good's talk show on CKNW in Vancouver. I was one of only three callers that managed to get on before the end of the program. I asked Ms. Copps why she had not come on board with genealogists and historians seeking to regain public access to Historic Census Records. Her response was that she was very much in favour of public access to Post 1901 Census Records and that she has asked to appear before the Senate Committee reviewing Senator Milne's Bill S-12. She appeared to be aware of the Post 1901 Census Project website as she mentioned that she was shown there as not having given a definite response as to her position re: access. Based on this conversation I will finally be awarding her a gold tick of support on the MPs Scoreboard. I am very pleased to be able to do this. On a side issue, Ms. Copps' first caller was Alliance MP Ted White of North Vancouver. He obviously did not like her response to his question relating to legislation currently being discussed in the House of Commons because he hung up on her. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts [email protected] Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm