Census    Expert panel

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2000 05 31

The Honourable John Manley, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Industry
Room 607 Confederation Building
House of Commons
Ottawa ON  K1A 0A6

Dear John:

I am writing as Chair of your Expert Panel on the release of historical census data.

The Panel has essentially completed its work and is conducting the final preparations of the report.  However, given the requirements for formatting, translation and the like we will not able to submit the report to you by May 31 as we had originally hoped.  We will be able to submit by the end of June and we hope and trust that this delay will not create problems for you and the Government.

I will be in touch with you again prior to our final submission.

We thank you for your patience in this matter.

Yours sincerely,

Richard J. Van Loon
President

c.c.Panelists
P. White, Secretary