Bill S-18 was announced as being on the Order paper for May 30, 2005 -- Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> To: "Canada Census Campaign" <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 6:42 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census Greetings All. The votes on Bills C-43 and C-48 in the House of Commons have just concluded. The Conservatives voted in favour of the main Bill, C-43, along with the Liberals while the Bloc voted against it. Bill C-43 passed with no problem. On the second and perhaps more critical vote of Bill C-48, the Conservatives and Bloc Members voted against it while the Liberals and NDP voted in favour. The result was a tie of 152 - 152 requiring the Speaker of the House to cast the tie-breaking vote. The result of that is that Bill C-48 passed and the government was not brought down. There will be no election called at this time. This means Bill S-18 should once again appear on the Projected Order of Business for the House of Commons. As I write this, the Projected Order of Business on the government website does not yet go past today. One supporter of access has received a response from his MP indicating that S-18 is on the legislative calendar for 30 May 2005. Whether or not that is true, we will have to wait and see. According to the Calendar for the House of Commons, the House does not sit during the coming week. They are scheduled to resume sitting on Monday 30 May 2005, at which time there will be only nine sitting days left before the normal time of recess for the summer. During the coming week we should continue to contact our MPs seeking passage of Bill S-18 before Parliament recesses for the summer. I for one would much prefer to spend my summer months researching the records of the 1911 National Census of Canada, than having to continue the fight to see them released. 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