Greetings All. Our action in Federal Court for an Application for Judicial Review is progressing. The deadline for the current stage of the litigation - Cross Examinations - is 15 May 2002. Our lawyer Lois Sparling is flying to Ottawa to cross examine Greg Eamon (on behalf of the National Archivist, Ian Wilson) and Mary Ledoux (on behalf of Ivan P. Fellegi, Chief Statistician of Canada)on 9 May 2002. Counsel from Justice Canada for the National Archivist and the Chief Statistician will be cross examining Professor Bill Waiser and myself, in Calgary, on 14 May 2002. While it was expected that other Applicants in Calgary would also be cross examined at this time, Counsel has indicated that if they have questions of any other Applicants, they will do so by way of written interrogatories. (Written questions for which Applicants would provide written answers.) General Counsel for John Reid, Information Commissioner, has asked to be removed as a Respondent in our action, and Lois has consented to that. The Information Commissioner is still conducting his own, separate investigation into Statistics Canada's refusal to release custody of the 1906 Census and does not want to be bound in any way by the decision of the Federal Court and so must not participate further in this action. Lois has heard nothing from the lawyers for the Privacy Commissioner, even though he initially responded with an Intent to Appear. The next step in the litigation is to serve and file our "Record". This record is made up of our Notice of Application, all our Affidavits and documentary exhibits, the Transcripts of Cross-Examinations and our Memorandum of Fact and Law. The theoretical deadline for this is 3 June 2002, although that could possibly be extended to 13 June 2002. Further updates on our Application for Judicial Review will be posted as progress requires. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts [email protected] Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted.