Bill C-36 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Statistics Act

This bill was last introduced in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Navdeep Bains  Liberal

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Statistics Act to strengthen the independence of Statistics Canada, including by providing for the appointment of the Chief Statistician to hold office during good behaviour and by assigning to the Chief Statistician the powers related to methods, procedures and operations of Statistics Canada. It also establishes a transparent process to issue directives to the Chief Statistician concerning those methods, procedures and operations or the statistical programs. In addition, it establishes the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council, no longer requires the consent of respondents to transfer their Census information to Library and Archives Canada and repeals imprisonment as a penalty for any offence committed by a respondent. Finally, it amends certain provisions by modernizing the language of the Act to better reflect current methods of collecting statistical information.

Elsewhere

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 Feb. 23, 2017

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on March 23, 2017

  • Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada, Statistics Canada
  • Andrée Desaulniers, Senior Analyst, Information Management Division, Statistics Canada

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on April 4, 2017

  • Ron Parker, President, Shared Services Canada
  • Raj Thuppal, Assistant Deputy Minister, Cyber and IT Security, Shared Services Canada
  • Graham Barr, Acting Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy, Shared Services Canada
  • Wayne Smith, Former Chief Statistician of Canada, As an Individual
  • Ivan Fellegi, Former Chief Statistician of Canada, As an Individual

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on April 6, 2017

  • Mel Cappe, Professor, School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Toronto, As an Individual
  • Munir Sheikh, Former Chief Statistician of Canada, As an Individual
  • Paul Thomas, Professor Emeritus, Political Studies, University of Manitoba, As an Individual
  • Ian McKinnon, Chair, National Statistics Council

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on April 11, 2017

  • Margrit Eichler, President, Our Right to Know
  • Paul Schreyer, Deputy Director, Statistics Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Brian Allen, Past President, Statistical Society of Canada
  • Jean-Guy Prévost, Professor, Political Science Department, Université du Québec à Montréal, As an Individual

Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on April 13, 2017

    Industry, Science and Technology Committee, on May 4, 2017

    • Larry Shute, Deputy Director General, Economic Research and Policy Analysis Branch, Strategic Policy Sector, Department of Industry
    • Francis Lord, Committee Researcher