Official Languages committee  All I can say to reassure you is that no decisions are made lightly. The decisions made will be based on demonstrated proof that the selected option is the most viable and the most effective.

Official Languages committee  Correct me if I am wrong, but if you read my testimony before this committee, I did not say that we would not be ready in 2021. I even said that the complexity of the issue will not prevent us from being ready.

Official Languages committee  We are making every effort to do that.

Official Languages committee  I don't have a crystal ball so all I can say is that we have an army of people working on it. I don't know what else I can say to convince you that we truly intend to do it. There are some things beyond our control, but I guarantee that we will do whatever we can to get there. I

Official Languages committee  Problems do arise. For example, we have tested questions in the past. At one point, we realized that people were having problems understanding the questions.

Official Languages committee  I agree with you.

Official Languages committee  I fully agree with all of that, Ms. Lapointe.

Official Languages committee  Absolutely.

Official Languages committee  You like us.

Official Languages committee  We feel it.

Official Languages committee  In fact, people across Canada have provided details, particularly in the area of languages. You can imagine that several people mentioned aspects concerning rights-holders, which isn't a surprise. They all pointed to the interest and relevance of gathering information. I think t

Official Languages committee  We're going to send you the wording of the questions—a draft of the questions—that will be used for the qualitative census tests. A number of Canadians have specific characteristics that we can identify. We're going to meet with them, have them complete the questionnaire and see

Official Languages committee  It is a question module. This module seeks to identify all the required elements in order to enumerate rights holders pursuant section 23, and its various subsections and paragraphs.

Official Languages committee  As I said, that is being discussed by the methodology specialists because you know that Statistics Canada has to assess—and this is an important consideration—the response burden for the whole population. All I can say right now is that this is all being discussed.

Official Languages committee  I can just say that I have never doubted the relevance of doing so. The key issue was determining how to do it.