Industry committee  What does that mean?

Industry committee  I have three points to make. In answer to Mr. Lake's question earlier, Mr. Turk and Mr. Ornstein were afraid to say yes. I'm not. I think it is appropriate that they be threatened with fines in order to protect the integrity of the institution of StatsCan and the data. In answ

Industry committee  That was a statement and I don't have a comment, but there is an issue here that I want to come back to, something Mr. Lake raised about whether it was appropriate for people from StatsCan to harass. It is appropriate for Statistics Canada to enforce section 31 of the Statistic

Industry committee  Mr. Wallace made the point that some people feel that it's a duty. I think that's important. When it's mandatory, people understand that it's a duty. The problem with the debate of this summer has been that the public has been told that you don't have to do it. I think the messa

Industry committee  You're raising a substantive point.

Industry committee  Is the question clear? That's what the point is. The point is, are the questions on the census clear, and are the answers that are available, to check the box, clear?

Industry committee  Well, blame the cabinet. They agreed to that.

Industry committee  Thank you. I'm sorry.

Industry committee  I would put the question back to you, sir. Do you—

Industry committee  I was also disappointed to note that the question on the number of bathrooms, which had been asked for decades, was removed. I believe that this question is very important because, among other things, it provides information about the location of wells. Unfortunately, it was remo

Industry committee  Yes, that's my understanding.

Industry committee  My comment in my opening remarks was to suggest that the committee should look actually at principles 2, 3, and 4, because those principles deal with trust in official statistics, with the correct interpretation of the data, and with the statistical agencies—and this is an import

Industry committee  I don't have the particular details around that. Perhaps Mr. McKinnon does. I know that in the U.S. the attempt proved to be unreliable, and we go to the question again of the benefit.

Industry committee  It is very clear that there will be more people contacted. So instead of, as Mr. McKinnon noted, once every quarter century, it'll be more frequently that I will be contacted by government, but it will be less burdensome. Let's accept that it will be less burdensome. I can choo

Industry committee  You've pinpointed the deep-seated source of concern I have about the decision to not conduct such a census. Politically, we have to understand who we are, what the major challenges we are facing are, and how to meet them. We need a database on which we can rely. For instance, I