Apologies for being away and not forwarding sooner. - Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:41 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census - debate of S-18 continues Greetings All. Third Reading debate of Bill S-18 continued in the Senate yesterday (Wednesday, 9 March 2005), with Senator Gerald Comeau speaking, as usual, in opposition to the Bill. He expressed his disappointment that the sponsor of the bill (Senator Milne - although he did not mention her by name) had not yet spoken to the Bill in Third Reading. This even though, according to the Hansard transcripts for 8 March 2005 , debate was adjourned in his name immediately the motion to read the bill the third time was made by Senator Rompkey. As usual, the Honourable Senator Comeau fixated upon 'breaking of ... promises' that neither he, nor anyone else, have been able to prove ever existed. He berated the Privacy Commissioner and the Chief Statistician for their positions of support for Bill S-18. As he had done during the Committee stage, he proposed an amendment to the Bill that would allow unrestricted access to the 1911 and 1916 Censuses, but would prevent any public access at all to records of Census from 1918 to 2005. His motion this time was seconded by Senator Ethel M. Cochrane. Extracted Hansard transcripts for March 7, 8 and 9 March, relating to Bill S-18, have been added to the Post 1901 Census Project website at the URL following my signature. Follow the links for Bill S-18. These extracts are in both official languages. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-chair Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census > en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm > > Permission to forward without notice is granted > >