Forwarded for Gordon Watts [email protected] Muriel M. Davidson ================ Greetings All. First debate in the House of Commons on second reading of Bill S-13 - an Act to amend the Statistics Act is on the House schedule for today (Thursday). It has also been on the schedule the past two days but has not yet made it.. Time will tell if it will make it today. Should it happen, debate should start some time after 3:00 PM Ottawa time. It will be televised on CPAC. There is at least one Bill ahead of it on the schedule. Time limits for debate have been set as follows: S-13 - The Minister of Industry - An Act to amend the Statistics Act - Second reading (first time debated) Length of speeches, pursuant to Standing Order 74: The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition - unlimited time. First three Members - 40 minutes maximum. All other Members - During the 5 hours of debate following the first three Members - 20 minutes maximum and speeches are subject to a 10-minute question and comment period. After the period of debate referred to above - 10 minutes maximum. It is expected that Bill S-13 will be referred to the House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. Those considering making a submission to the Committee should be preparing to do so now. Addressing information is as follows: House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology House of Commons 180, rue Wellington Street, Room / pièce 671 OTTAWA, Ontario K1A 0A6 Attn: Jean-François Pagé, Clerk EMail : [email protected] Telephone : (613) 947-1971 Fax : (613) 943-0307 Makeup of the Committee is as follows" CHAIR Walt Lastewka [email protected] VICE-CHAIRS Dan McTeague [email protected] James Rajotte [email protected] MEMBERS André Bachand [email protected] Larry Bagnell [email protected] Paul Crête [email protected] Brian Fitzpatrick [email protected] Cheryl Gallant [email protected] Jocelyne Girard-Bujold [email protected] Serge Marcil [email protected] Brian Masse [email protected] or [email protected] Hon. Gilbert Normand [email protected] Andy Savoy [email protected] Brent St. Denis [email protected] Paddy Torsney [email protected] Joseph Volpe [email protected] There are 93 Associate Members which I will not list here. Happy Hunting Gordon A. Watts [email protected] Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.487 / Virus Database: 286 - Release Date: 6/1/03