Government Operations committee  Yes, absolutely. Thank you for the question. Statistics Canada does have programs to allow access to researchers, to allow access to microdata files. In all cases, even with what we call public use microdata files, additional licensing restrictions apply. For this reason we can

Government Operations committee  Yes, indeed.

Government Operations committee  The raison d'être for our agency is to publish the data and make it available. So we see it as a very good match to the mandate of our agency. There has been a long history already toward making data available in machine-readable formats and in open formats. Our publication proce

Government Operations committee  I can note the question, but I am not able to respond to that type of question today. I do not have that information with me.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely, I will do it as soon as possible.

Government Operations committee  With respect, my role in Statistics Canada is to lead the dissemination program. I'm not able to address the specific issues relating to the exact nature or the funding questions relating to the specific statistical programs within our agency. When we publish data from the varie

Government Operations committee  I will certainly note the question, and we will bring it back to the organization.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, from my perspective I would say that the options are not mutually exclusive. We, as an agency, have a duty to support the principles of open data in our ongoing publishing activities, but there is obviously value in a pan-governmental approach in which there is a certa

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I would like to thank the member for the question. Statistics Canada does publish data on aboriginal peoples and on seniors, as well. These data are made available, made discoverable, through the open data portal. I can't, from my perspective, address the wider quest

Government Operations committee  The answer from Statistics Canada is no.

Government Operations committee  From our perspective, the data sets are discoverable—I used that word in my presentation—through data.gc.ca. The data themselves actually reside on the Statistics Canada web servers. They are discoverable, findable from the open data portal, but in that sense there is no duplicat

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, committee members, I thank you for the opportunity to address the committee today. This short presentation will cover three areas. First, I will briefly explain how Statistics Canada is adopting the principles of open data in our dissemination practices. Second, I wi