Hello Everyone, OK, I watched CPAC, even recorded it since I had to miss some, since at 3:30pm PST I pick my daughter up from the bus stop, I heard some of the debate, and then some point of order was brought up and then the Chamber ajourned for the day. Wasn't there suppose to be a vote, what exactly did I miss. I will say this, our MP's may not be responding to us, but Muriel and Gordon, I do say the two of you especially are getting to them. So let us take heart and carry on the fight. A Very Confused (Though This Is My Usual State) Jacquie Nex jacnex@home.com

Hi Jacqui. The vote on M-160 was postponed, by mutual agreement of the different parties, until next Tuesday. We did not learn about this until late last night. What you missed near the beginning of the debate was Mac Harb introducing an amendment to the motion that would effectively neutralize the motion. The end result, if the motion were passed, would be to change the motion to read "That, in the opinion of this House, the government should CONSIDER TAKING all necessary steps to release the 1911 census records once they have been deposited in the National Archives in 2003." The capitalized words would replace the word TAKE. As you can see, the amendment if passed would considerably dilute the intention of the original motion. It is to be hoped that the amendment will fail, and the original motion will pass. An unfortunate effect of this motion to amend is that it forced Jason Kenny to speak against the amendment rather than speaking to the original motion as was intended. Next Tuesday, the voting will take place first on the amendment, and then on the amended, or original motion, depending on whether or not the amendment is passed. Hope this answered your question. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "jacquies mail" <jacnex@home.com> To: <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, 20 September, 2000 4:35 PM Subject: [CCC-L] What Happened Hello Everyone, OK, I watched CPAC, even recorded it since I had to miss some, since at 3:30pm PST I pick my daughter up from the bus stop, I heard some of the debate, and then some point of order was brought up and then the Chamber ajourned for the day. Wasn't there suppose to be a vote, what exactly did I miss. I will say this, our MP's may not be responding to us, but Muriel and Gordon, I do say the two of you especially are getting to them. So let us take heart and carry on the fight. A Very Confused (Though This Is My Usual State) Jacquie Nex jacnex@home.com