To all the Members of Parliament of Canada:- All Canadians, plus many with Canadian ancestors, would really like to learn very important bills have been finalized prior to the much-publicized possible election. We sincerely hope, as ones elected to speak for all of us, all items will be finalized. BILL S-18:- Since March 1999 we know you have all been inundated with letters, faxes, emails requesting the release of our Canadian census records. Bill S-18 is an Act to amend the Statistics Act. Several motions were made and defeated, at least five bills made their way through the Senate and House of Commons, only to be trashed when the former prime minister prorogued Parliament -- they were never defeated. Bill S-18 was passed in the Senate 51-16 on April 19, following First and Second Readings, Committee and Report, finally Third Reading, debate and vote. http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census First Reading of S-18 in the House of Commons was April 20 by The Hon. Tony Valeri for the Minister of Industry. The Canada Census Campaign Committee requests Bill S-18 be completed in ONE day. We feel Committee and Report are not needed as the following are in favor of Bill S-18:- Information Commissioner, Privacy Commissioner, Chief Statistician, National Archivist, Canada Census Campaign and Canadian Historical Association. We sincerely hope this can be accomplished, plus other important left-over items before any election may be called ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PASSED:- BILL S-2:- This bill, introduced by John Reynolds, is an amendment to the Citizenship Act, is unanimously supported by the Senate of Canada, the Opposition parties and some Liberal Members of Parliament. It would give/restore Canadian citizenship to almost 100,000 men, women and children who lost this between 1947 and 1977. A great deal of this number, known as Lost Canadians, were children and as parents moved to another country for work, the children lost his/her Canadian citizenship. DNA -- In A Federal Database The DNA of all convicted criminals should be on file, taken as part of the legal procedure. This would be a protection of our privacy, not an invasion of the privacy of the criminal. We know of one female who will soon be released, may move, may change her name but is her DNA on file? It should be, as ones who know state she might commit another crime. It could be a "stand-alone" law, or simply added to Christopher's Law -- named for Brampton's young Christopher Stephenson who was molested and killed by a pedophile dropped into a neighbourhood without the local police being notified. Thus, our Canadian WISH LIST has three items:- 1. Bill S-18; 2. Bill S-2 and 3. A Canada-wide DNA federal database. All should be on a priority list to protect Canadians. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee 25 Crestview Avenue, Brampton, ON L6W 2R8