I am an Archivist myself, and while I stand behind my colleagues at LAC at this difficult time in our profession, I remain appalled that Library and Archives Canada continues to cut the Archival Community, as well as Canada’s Genealogical Societies, out of any participation and discourse regarding Canada’s documentary heritage. Were any of Canada’s Genealogical Societies consulted on this? Did any even have the opportunity to offer assistance? Yes, familysearch is a worthy organization, however, so are our volunteer run Genealogical Societies, as well as AutomatedGenealogy. Echoing the sentiments of an earlier commentator, surely there is enough room for our own grass roots heritage organizations to be involved in indexing their own census!