Greetings All. I have just got off the phone with Dan O'Donnell, investigator in the Office of the Information Commissioner. Once more it appears that letters of response regarding our complaints re: refusal of Statistics Canada to release 1911 Census records have been delayed. Mr. O'Donnell made reference to having received further information relating to our complaints but of course was unable to elaborate on what that information was, or where it came from. He stated that we can likely now expect our letters of response to be forthcoming about the last week of September or first week of October. The last time I spoke with him he had expected them to be available near the end of August. Further delays are frustrating to say the least, however there appears little we can do about it except remain patient a little longer. We remain confident that the response, when forthcoming, *should* be similar to the response given regarding complaints about the 1906 Census. In that instance the Information Commissioner found no reason for the records to be withheld and was prepared to proceed to Court on our behalf. The 1906 Census was released and made available on the Internet 24 January 2003 -- the same day that the Information Commissioner filed his action with the Court. We sincerely hope that this will be the last delay in getting the response letters of the Information Commissioner. Mr. O'Donnell assured me once again that should the timing of things change he would let me know. He indicated that he would call me when the letters of response were being released to the mail. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Index_f Permission to forward without notice is granted.

Hello Gordon, I was wondering when the letters of response are finally issued and the Information Commissioner releases a decision will his department be obliged to disclose what all this 'further information' is that has caused the delays? Will responses he receives from Statistics Canada be released as well so if things don't go our way we can try and pinpoint what's going on and why? If I understand correctly the legislation for the 1911 census was virtually the same as 1906 so where might the stumbling block(s) be? Bye for now, Joe Saskatoon "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> wrote:Greetings All. I have just got off the phone with Dan O'Donnell, investigator in the Office of the Information Commissioner. Once more it appears that letters of response regarding our complaints re: refusal of Statistics Canada to release 1911 Census records have been delayed. Mr. O'Donnell made reference to having received further information relating to our complaints but of course was unable to elaborate on what that information was, or where it came from. He stated that we can likely now expect our letters of response to be forthcoming about the last week of September or first week of October. The last time I spoke with him he had expected them to be available near the end of August. Further delays are frustrating to say the least, however there appears little we can do about it except remain patient a little longer. We remain confident that the response, when forthcoming, *should* be similar to the response given regarding complaints about the 1906 Census. In that instance the Information Commissioner found no reason for the records to be withheld and was prepared to proceed to Court on our behalf. The 1906 Census was released and made available on the Internet 24 January 2003 -- the same day that the Information Commissioner filed his action with the Court. We sincerely hope that this will be the last delay in getting the response letters of the Information Commissioner. Mr. O'Donnell assured me once again that should the timing of things change he would let me know. He indicated that he would call me when the letters of response were being released to the mail. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Index_f Permission to forward without notice is granted. ==== CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== How to unsubscribe from Digest Mode. Send a message to CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the Subject line and body of the message) the command -- unsubscribe -- and no additional text. --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals

Great questions, Joe!!! We will all be looking for the answers. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Kuchta" <deserttwylight@yahoo.ca> To: <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [CCC] Post 1901 Census - I.C. response delayed again Hello Gordon, I was wondering when the letters of response are finally issued and the Information Commissioner releases a decision will his department be obliged to disclose what all this 'further information' is that has caused the delays? Will responses he receives from Statistics Canada be released as well so if things don't go our way we can try and pinpoint what's going on and why? If I understand correctly the legislation for the 1911 census was virtually the same as 1906 so where might the stumbling block(s) be? Bye for now, Joe Saskatoon ==== "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> wrote:Greetings All. I have just got off the phone with Dan O'Donnell, investigator in the Office of the Information Commissioner. Once more it appears that letters of response regarding our complaints re: refusal of Statistics Canada to release 1911 Census records have been delayed. Mr. O'Donnell made reference to having received further information relating to our complaints but of course was unable to elaborate on what that information was, or where it came from. He stated that we can likely now expect our letters of response to be forthcoming about the last week of September or first week of October. The last time I spoke with him he had expected them to be available near the end of August. Further delays are frustrating to say the least, however there appears little we can do about it except remain patient a little longer. We remain confident that the response, when forthcoming, *should* be similar to the response given regarding complaints about the 1906 Census. In that instance the Information Commissioner found no reason for the records to be withheld and was prepared to proceed to Court on our behalf. The 1906 Census was released and made available on the Internet 24 January 2003 -- the same day that the Information Commissioner filed his action with the Court. We sincerely hope that this will be the last delay in getting the response letters of the Information Commissioner. Mr. O'Donnell assured me once again that should the timing of things change he would let me know. He indicated that he would call me when the letters of response were being released to the mail. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Index_f Permission to forward without notice is granted.