Hello, It is - or seems - clear from the article http://www.nationalpost.com/news.asp?s2=national&f=000620/322391.html that the leaked spin of the report has deliberately avoided the actual legal issue versus the Phillips spin. The "promise" has been retrofitted to the normal contemporary census concerns about privacy - from other contemporaries. The only way this could be viewed as a political "hot potato" is if there is an understanding of the weakness in the legal aspects of the advertised "promise". Attempting to "try" this case with the public emotional spin is a smokescreen as Phillips steps down. The goal of the release of the 1911 census after 92 years is still too far off for political minds. It seems to me that the overdue 1905 provincial census' needs to be the focus to find a test case. Hoping to hear from some Parliamentary/Legal minds on this as I am in the US biased by the political chennanigan pratices here. thanks Sharon http://bostonstates.rootsweb.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/