Dear Muriel, Although my meeting with Mr. Chan was pleasant, and I think worthwhile, he said that until the appearance of the long awaited report he will not decide how he will vote on the issue, and he did not indicate how he would vote if the report doesn't appear before the vote is taken. However, for what it is worth, he was receptive to our arguments, and he had replied reasonably promptly to my e-mails to him, although his response contained the standard position about the so-called promises of secrecy made to census respondents. However, I think that he heard my pitch about the "Myths of Census". I suppose that the best you can give him is a "responsive piece of green fence", but I am convinced that further personal approaches by his constituents would work best, although it may be too late now. Thank you for the hard work being done on our behalf, and I agree wholeheartedly with the pro-active, lobbying approach you folk have taken. To merely make our views known and then hope for the best, as one person suggested in an e-mail to you, might have worked at one time in our political history, but it certainly is not sufficient in this competitive age. Thanks again, Pat Lawson. Richmond, British Columbia <PandP@seanlawson.com> ======================= To all:- Our manner of lobbying, or bugging the politicians works with many. They do the same type of lobbying when they wish to obtain OUR votes. Muriel <davidson3542@home.com>