Dear Muriel: Thank you for writing about the proposed changes to the Statistics Canada Act that would allow for the release of census records taken after 1901. For your information, an independent panel (Expert Panel on Access to Historical Census Records) has been created to study the matter, and it is to report within weeks. The Statistics Canada website is located at: <http://www.statcan.ca> should you want more information about the panel. Prior to developing a position on this, I would like to read the panel's recommendations. Again, thank you for contacting me. Best wishes, Charlie Penson, M.P. (Peace River) Peace River <Penson.C@parl.gc.ca>