Hi Jim. It would appear that the government pulled a swifty on us. When I last checked the Projected Order of Business, Bill S-13 did not appear after Monday, however it appears that it was debated today (Thursday). I did not see the proceedings of the House today and will have to wait to review Hansard tomorrow to see what was said. If government is proroqued tomorrow, then all unfinished business dies on the the order paper. As I have stated before, it is possible that when Parliament resumes in a new Session, they could bring forward anything they feel strongly enough about. At this moment, it is questionable whether Parliament will be proroqued, or recessed, for the Liberal leadership convention. Two things go in favour of a recess rather than proroguing. First -- apparently Don Boudria called for a vote on the motion on the first Monday after resumption of Parliament following the leadership convention. Second -- the Projected Order of Business for the House now shows the House sitting on Monday 17 November 2003, and Bill S-13 receiving Second Reading vote at that time. A recess would not cause unfinished business to die on the Order Paper. The motion before the House has been that S-13 receive Second Reading and be referred to Committee. I am not aware of any amendments to that motion. As I have indicated before, anyone considering making a submission to the House Committee reviewing S-13 should be working on that submission at this time. We would like to see a great many of such submissions to ensure the Committee is aware of our concerns regarding Bill S-13. We will see what happens tomorrow -- whether the government is recessed or proroqued. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Galley" <jgalley@zeuter.com> To: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:01 PM Subject: Query Just wanted to ask if the house adjourns to-morrow, will the bill die on the order paper. If so what will happen? Regards Jim