----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <[email protected]> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 1:10 AM Subject: Post 1901 Census - Hansard extracts of Senate debate online Greetings All Debate on Bill S-18 continued in the Senate on 1 and 2 December. Senator Lynch-Staunton spoke to the Bill on 1 December. For the most part his comments regarding the Bill were negative. My first inclination was to give him a Red X of opposition. However, in the end he made reference to 'keeping an open mind' at this stage of the proceedings. As a result he has been provisionally awarded a Green Fence on the Senators Scoreboard. Senator Stratton left no doubt in his speech as to his opposition to the access we seek and has been awarded a Red X of opposition. Debate was adjourned on Thursday in the name of Senator Noel Kinsella who is already on record as being opposed to access of Historic Census records. He will speak to the Bill next week. Full wording of the speeches in the Senate have been added to the Post 1901 Census Project website at www.globalgenealogy.com/Census . Follow the link for 'New Census Bill Presented'. [Scroll down -- there are Hansard reports for Nov. 17, Dec. 1 & 2] Should anyone feel it necessary to write to the Honourable Senators, as always I urge them to be polite and respectful in making their points. We accomplish nothing by being rude or abusive in our messages to any of our Parliamentarians. We may in fact accomplish the exact opposite of what we seek if we are rude or abusive. Happy Hunting Gordon A. Watts [email protected] Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f Permission to forward without notice is granted