Bill C-260
An Act to amend the Statistics Act (mandatory long-form census questionnaire)
Sponsor
Carolyn Bennett Liberal
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Status
Introduction and First Reading
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Carolyn Bennett St. Paul's, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-260, An Act to amend the Statistics Act (mandatory long-form census questionnaire).
Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to reintroduce the bill. It would enshrine the mandatory long form census into the Statistics Act so that never again would we have a census without the comparable data, which unfortunately happened this year. At least in the 2016 census there would be comparable data to 2006 and we would know whether or not our programs were working.
It puts the count in accountability. We hope that members opposite who care about accountability will understand the folly of removing the mandatory long form census and will support this bill.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)