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From: "Gordon A. Watts" <>
Subject: Post 1901 Census - Bill S-18 reported back to Senate
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 11:03:16 -0800

Greetings All.

FYI. On Monday 7 March 2004 Bill S-18 - An Act to amend the Statistics
Act, was reported back to the Senate by the Senate Standing Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology. It was reported without
amendment.

"On motion of Senator Keon, [the] bill [was] placed on the Orders of the
Day for third reading at the next sitting of the Senate."

While the motion reads that the debate on third reading will proceed "at
the next sitting of the Senate", which would be today, such is not
necessarily the case. This is standard wording when the Speaker asks
when bills will be read next and does not necessarily mean that it will,
in fact, be debated the next time the Senate sits.

Hansard transcripts are not available online until the day after the
event so it will be tommorrow (Wednesday) before I can find out if Third
Reading of S-18 actually begins today.

Senator Keon has not given us a definitive response to the question of
his support, or otherwise, of the access we seek. Presumably his
position will become clear when he speaks to the Bill. We hope that
during Third Reading we will hear from some of those Senators supportive
of access rather than only those who, up to date, have opposed it (with
the notable exception of Senator Lorna Milne).

According to the Parliamentary Calendar, Parliament sits this week and
does not sit next week. It sits again from 21 to 24 March and recesses
once more until 4 April. It sits until 20 May when it breaks again for
a week. It sits again from 30 May to 9 June which is the normal last
day before the Summer recess. There may be a possible extension of up
to ten days, to 23 June, before the Summer recess.

In any case, at this moment there are 46 sitting days left, with a
possible extension of up to 10 days, for an absolute maximum of 56
sitting days before Parliament recesses for the Summer. All of this is,
of course, subject to change at the whim of the government and we should
not count on any more than the 46 days. Not much time to see Bill S-18
to be completed before Summer.

Happy Hunting.

Gordon A. Watts
Co-chair Canada Census Committee
Port Coquitlam, BC

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