Good-Morning from Canada, Hilary!! It would appear that we have a majority of Members of Parliament in favour of any census bill -- but very often, MPs are absent from the House of Commons during any voting sessions that might happen. There is also the Senate of Canada -- Whenever there is a bill, it must be passed in both Houses -- Check http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Senscore1.htm You will notice there are vacancies, but at present there are only 44 out of 101 in agreement with census release. The others are 5 with RED X - meaning NO; 19 Non-Committal, which means either the secretary replied or undecided; PLUS 33 who have never replied - messages have been sent to them. As an American who had ancestors in Canada -- we invite PETITIONS -- which would be your VOICE in the Senate of Canada. http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/index.htm/ Send a note to your cousins in Toronto, where many have not replied, to check if his or her MP or Senator are in agreement and to gather signatures on both House of Commons and Senate petitions. You would use the Non-Resident petition and it would be mailed to my address for usage by Senator Lorna Milne. Our governmental system is not too different than in United States -- where bills must be passed in both Houses. As for firing of Dr. Fellegi or others, we will leave this to the elected or appointed politicians. However, letters may be written to him. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hilary Henkin" <hilary@proppersource.com> To: <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [CCC] Post-1901 Census -- Let's Get To Work! > Dear all, > I checked the current scoreboard, and it seems that by far and away, we > have a majority of elected representatives in support of releasing the > census records immediately. In every province except Quebec, a definite > majority of reps already support the effort, and virtually no one is > against the concept. > > Since I'm not from Canada, I have a question: would this level of support > be enough to "influence" Mr. Fellegi to follow the law, or Mr. Martin to > pressure or fire Mr. Fellegi? > > Hilary Henkin > Atlanta, Georgia > Grandparents met and married in Toronto; I still have cousins there)