Hey there gang: Just to clear up the misconception once again. Genealogists will NOT be required to get the approval of anyone before conducting research. The third party approval only applies to those doing historical research. If you are searching your own family, or searching for another person's family on their behalf, no third party approval is required. That is laid out properly in bill S-13. If this bill is passed, the 1911 census will be available on line this year to all genealogists who accept the undertaking. Jeff Paul Policy Advisor Office of the Hon. Lorna Milne -----Original Message----- From: David Rowat [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [CCC] Lynton Stewart I'm sorry to see that Bill Stewart has been removed from the List. Of all the arguments expressed by many people on the subject of Bill S-13, his were the the most coherent and logical, and he was one of the few people who made any sense. He reminded me of the little boy who had the temerity to exclaim that the Emperor was not wearing any clothes. I urge everyone to read again the exact wording of Bill S-13, An Act to amend the Statistics Act. You will find no mention of "tombstone information", or short forms or long forms. There is no mention of opt-in or opt-out checkboxes either. These topics are mentioned in Senator Milne's presentation of the bill to the Senate, but the actual words of the bill itself say something different. I can see in the words of the bill that an additional 20 years are to be added to the 92 years of waiting before the census data will be released, making a total of 112 years. Anyone wishing to examine the census in those last 20 years must first demonstrate that his "historical research project" has some public and scientific value. The approval of the project will be by persons to be determined later, and the applicant will be required to sign an undertaking "in the form prescribed by regulation", whatever that means. Do not assume anything is in this bill unless it is written there, and think carefully about what it does say. This bill does absolutely nothing for genealogy and to call it "flawed" is to be charitable. In the words of Lynton Stewart, anyone who supports this bill should be ashamed. David Rowat ==== CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN Mailing List ==== Read Gordon A. Watts' column on Post 1901 Census issues at http://globalgazette.net