An Act to amend the Statistics Act (mandatory long-form census)
This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session, which ended in March 2011.
This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session, which ended in March 2011.
Carolyn Bennett Liberal
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
In committee (House), as of Dec. 8, 2010
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.
This enactment amends the Statistics Act to provide that the census of population taken under section 19 of the Act must be taken using a long-form census questionnaire that conforms substantially, in length and substantive scope, to the census starting in 1971 and at intervals thereafter to meet the requirements of that section. This enactment also removes the punishment of imprisonment for a person convicted of the offence of providing false or misleading information.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.
Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on March 8, 2011