Greetings All. I have just finished a telephone conversation with Dan O'Donnell, the Investigator assigned to our complaints to the Information Commissioner regarding the withholding from us of 1911 Census records. During my last conversation with Mr. O'Donnell he indicated that he thought the response of the Information Commissioner would be forthcoming in about six weeks -- which would put that time about the end of February. Unfortunately, Mr. O'Donnell today advised me that there had been needs arise for further representation/consultation with some others, specifically representatives of various government departments. He was unable to discuss with me what those needs were, nor with what specific government departments these further representations/consultations must take place. He expressed his regrets regarding this and said that his 'next best guess' would be that the response of the Information Commissioner would take another month to come down. Further delays are disappointing but we hope and trust that the end result of these investigations will bring forth similar results to our complaints regarding the withholding of the 1906 Census records. You will recall that on that issue the Information Commissioner found there was no valid reason for the withholding of these records, and he was prepared to take the issue to the Federal Court on behalf of the complainants. The end result of that, and of our previous legal action, resulted in the release and unrestricted public access on the Internet of scanned images of the 1906 Census of the NorthWestern Provinces. The situation regarding the 1906 and 1911 Censuses are identical -- both having been conducted under the same legislation, and similar Instructions to Officers and Enumerators. We will be extremely disappointed if the Information Commissioner comes down with a different decision on the 1911 records than he did for those for 1906. 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 Permission to forward without notice is granted.