Doug, Yours is a truly Canadian gesture. Leave it to someone like Anthony (the PAR coincidence is truly worrisome) to foist something like hosting a Canadian reception on an old loyalist like you. While I am sharing a room with Anthony, as an allophone resident, I have little say in the matter of who hosts what wwhere, when it comes to things Canadian. And is it only an accident that he so cavalierly called of the visit to the Embassy? Aren't you and I at least two of the people who assured him we were coming? Patrick Dias Faculty of Education McGill University 3700 McTavish Street Montreal, QC Canada H3A 1Y2 Telephone: (514) 398-6960 (work) 626-3605 (home) FAX (514) 398-4529 E-Mail: [log in to unmask]