Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My questions are for the Statistics Canada officials.
I think these may be more in line with your area of expertise, so you may know the answers.
Some witnesses suggested that it was important to have additional data at a more granular level, such as local data or data by industry. They would like public use microdata files, which are not currently available on the federal government's open data portal. The files are, however, available upon request from Statistics Canada free of charge.
Why are the public use microdata files not available on the federal government's open data portal or in the CANSIM database?