To all:- Mr. John Bryden's Access to Information, Private Member's Bill C-206, was read for the FIRST TIME today in the House of Commons, with a lengthy debate in both French and English languages. The Bill has been modified somewhat, according to the dialogue, and we hope to receive the new updated version of the Bill. The original content may be found on:- <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html> The Bill was signed by 100 or more -- this makes Bill C-206 votable. It was originally introduced in 1997, sort of pushed to the back burner and is now revived. It seemed to be a non-partisan debate -- we hope so, the only way to get something passed in the House of Commons. After today, Bill C-206 drops to the bottom of the pile until next time. There was also some discussion about resurrecting the "lottery" system for presentation of Private Member's Bills. Another suggestion was that Friday would be a working day, but with only Private Member's Bills, with these not tacked on at the end of the day as at present. Other business in the House of Commons included "impaired driving" section of the Criminal Code. CPAC (Canadian Public Affairs Channel) is very interesting, but the only time one sees many of the Members of Parliament is during voting. Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com>