The Archives at Victoria initially agreed to share the costs of the archive half and half. However, that cost has increasingly over the years been more heavily borne by Victoria and at least three of the Conferences in Southern Ontario decided they could do it for less money if they did their own archiving "in house." As a result, the two remaining Conferences, Hamilton being one of them, were unable to bear the added cost of the archives. Thus, new solutions are going to have to be found.

As for protesting, seek out the actual information from the Archives in Toronto and you'll get their much handed-out sheet on their dilemma. The Archives and Victoria have actually been very active in tyring to make it all work. I believe it is the Conferences who feel they can do it for less who have made the change necessary.