Greetings All. I was advised this afternoon that Bill S-13 - An act to amend the Statistics Act, completed third reading in the Senate today and has been referred to the House of Commons. It was passed in the Senate without amendment. As I write this the online Hansard record of the Senate debates has not yet been updated. This should be updated by tomorrow (Wednesday) and I will extract the debate on S-13 and post it to the Post 1901 Census Project website as soon as it is available. It is unfortunate that the Senators did not listen to our pleas for vital amendments to be made before passing the Bill. It is now more important than ever that all of us inform our MPs about the problems with conditions and restrictions imposed by Bill S-13 -- especially the need to remove Clause 8, the 'informed consent' clause that would forever destroy the 2006 and subsequent Censuses for any realistic research by historians and genealogists. This must be done NOW! Do not wait for others to do it for you. If we do nothing, Bill S-13 will be passed exactly as currently worded. This is something that I do not believe any one of us wants. 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.