Hi Stan:- This information may be passed along!! When the election was called for Nov. 27, it meant Lorna's Bill S-15 and Murray Calder's C-484 "died on the Order Paper". There were also many other very important bills, but if these were government bills, may possibly be revived. However, we were dealing with Private Member's Bills. As for the letters, I just finished having a chat with Senator Lorna Milne and YES, NEW HARD COPIES OF LETTERS are needed, to be sent either to her Ottawa office, or may be sent to me -- but do not use my address in the salutation. Senator Lorna Milne, Senate of Canada, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0A4. Suggestion: Print off the letter to Senator Milne so it is ready to be mailed, then Copy the letter to my e-mail address, and thus it will be posted on CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com. Color of paper: WHITE because it photocopies better!! Very often, Stan, it is not your personal need for the census, but the letters and petitions are counted -- e-mail DOES NOT COUNT!!!!! These are generally grouped, for example, ?? of letter from Canadians, whereas there may be a passage in your hard copy letter that Lorna may quote. Do not forget -- Gordon has now made it very simple to download petitions, the French language ones are already in use, as are Non-Canadians. Make certain the letter to Senator Lorna Milne is addressed as given above, but it may be sent to her office -- or to my address:- 25 Crestview Avenue, Brampton, Ontario L6W 2R8 [It is a short 5-block drive to her home!] Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7863/poll.html http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/ Stan Card wrote: > Muriel, What about those of us that sent letters to you from here in the > states on the 1911 census to try to get it released? Are those letters > still good? Will you need new ones or not? For myself, the 1911 census > isn't much help as my family came over before 1900, but because of inherited > diseases, others may need the help of the census and if my letter would > help, I'll write one, plus send e-mail. Let me know. Stan