To all:- Today brought FIVE (5) more petitions and my FIRST French language petitions from Quebec!!! Many, many thanks!!! I will begin tabulating these tomorrow -- I would like Senator Lorna Milne to have another small suitcase with her when she returns for the opening of Parliament Jan. 29th, 2001. Please do not forget -- A person may sign both House of Commons and Senate petitions at the same time -- also both English and French, as our country has two official languages. Non-Canadians do NOT need to have roots in Canada -- just interest!!! To date, only ONE Canadian Genealogical Society petition, plus several from United States. WHERE ARE THE CANADIAN SOCIETIES??? We are not kidding -- this is a "make or break" time -- if we do not get the census records opened with these coming Private Member's Bills, we are hopeful you will live until 2094 when the 2001 census is released. Gordon Watts and I have been working long hours on your behalf -- we also need census records for personal research. With assistance from Jean-Guy Simard and Lise Drapeau, the census pages are now bilingual -- NO EXCUSE! To date the pages are not completely loaded -- all we ask from researchers and genealogical societies are collections of SIGNATURES -- nothing else. Senator Lorna Milne and Murray Calder, MP will present the Bills for us. Some messages may be coming to several lists in French and English, with translations by Jean-Guy Simard -- mainly QUEBEC-RESEARCH list. He will accept queries in French at <jgsimard@nbnet.nb.ca> as will Victor Luce at <lucevic@nbnet.nb.ca> Please keep the mail box filled!! I do personal delivery to Senator Milne, as she lives several blocks from me in Brampton, Ontario. Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> http://globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html