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From: "Muriel M. Davidson" <>
Subject: Post 1901 Census -- Sitting of House extended
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 14:21:34 -0400


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon A. Watts" <>
To: "Canada Census Campaign" <>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 1:02 PM
Subject: Post 1901 Census -- Sitting of House extended


Greetings All.

Even though through passage of the Motion copied below, the sitting days
of the House of Commons have been extended, I think that for all intents
and purposes, there is little hope that Bill S-18 will pass Third
Reading before Parliament recesses for the summer.

While not reflected in the wording of the Motion, the purpose of the
extension of sitting days was to allow the government to see the passage
of two specific Bills, i.e. C-48 -- the 'NDP Budget' Bill, and C-38 --
the 'same-sex marriage' Bill.

Bill C-48 was passed before the daily adjournment Thursday, so that
leaves only Bill C-38 left on the government agenda. Bill S-18 no
longer appears on the Projected Order of Business.

I suspect that immediately debate on Bill C-38 concludes, and a vote on
it has been taken, in accordance with the Motion copied below a
'Minister of the Crown' will move adjournment of the House until the
Fall sitting. According to the Parliamentary Calendar, the startup date
of the Fall sitting is 19 September 2005.

While we had hoped to be able to spend our Summer researching newly
released records of the 1911 Census of Canada, it seems we will instead
have to keep reminding our MPs of our desire for release of these
records.

The Motion passed to extend the sitting days reads as follows:

"That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice, when the
House adjourns on June 23, 2005, it shall stand adjourned until June 27,
2005; at any time on or after June 27, 2005, a Minister of the Crown may
propose, without notice, a motion that, upon adjournment on the day on
which the said motion is proposed, the House shall stand adjourned to a
specified date not more than 95 days later; the said motion immediately
shall be deemed to have been adopted, provided that, during the
adjournment, for the purposes of any Standing Order, the House shall be
deemed to stand adjourned pursuant to Standing Order 28; commencing June
27, 2005 and concluding on the day on which a motion that the House
stand adjourned pursuant to this Order is adopted, the ordinary hour of
daily adjournment on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays shall
be 12:00 midnight; (Government Business No. 17)"

Happy Hunting.

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

http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census
en francais http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm

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