Thank you.
We know that there have been cuts at Statistics Canada. Because of that, among other things, several surveys no longer exist. Namely, the detailed questionnaire, or what you call in English the long-form census.
On your website, you mention sampling errors. As you just said, the more respondents there are, the more accurate the estimates are. Consequently, the fewer respondents there are, the less accurate your estimates are. The national survey we now have is based on voluntary participation and not mandatory participation, as was previously the case.
There is also non-response bias. With the voluntary questionnaire, several categories of people don't respond. That means that the non-response bias will be influenced by the fact that several types of people, as you said, no longer respond to the questionnaire.
It says on your website that the results are not representative of the real population. Despite all of the work that you do, unfortunately, because of the cuts, it is less representative. You are also saying that the survey will not have the level of quality that would have otherwise been obtained using the mandatory long-form census.
What kind of information will we be lacking in the future to make important decisions on issues, for example, like seniors and the labour market?