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    1. [CCC-L] Fence Sitters and other things.
    2. Gordon A. WATTS
    3. Greetings All. A number of listers have wondered why so many of the MPs who have responded to our letters and email are shown on the Scoreboard as "fence-sitters". The simple answer is that they have not said "YES", or "NO". While many of the letters received may appear to be sympathetic to our cause they have not specifically stated that they would vote in favour of, or against, a Bill that would allow access to Post 1901 Census. I view these letters to be non-committal because they have not given a definitive answer to a specific question. Without a specific answer they will continue to perch uncomfortably on the fence. I have recently made many changes to the "Other Sites" page on the Post 1901 Census Project website and will be continuing to add more as I can. Direct links to several submissions to the Expert Panel are included, as are a number of links to French language sites with the same information. In an effort to see more input from those in Quebec I will make an effort to translate some of the other pages. Using a translation program that probably does the translation to Parisienne French rather than Quebec French there will no doubt be some things that will not appear the way it should. Not being bi-lingual myself I will be depending on others to advise me if the translations when posted are saying something totally outrageous. I am currently working on adding a page of extracts from Hansard for the House of Commons, similar to the one already posted for the Senate. I hope to have this completed sometime next week. The Post 1901 Census Project website is approaching 100,000 hits since it was set up. It all takes time and work, and my kids keep telling me I spent too much time on the computer. They are probably right so this is the last thing I do tonight. Happy Hunting. Gordon

    09/13/2000 04:30:34