Mid to late last week, the Conservative talking points changed, and they suddenly invoked Denmark in their reason for scrapping the long-form census. We had asked Mr. Clement who he spoke with. He doesn't seem to have spoken with anyone in Canada, and I don't know if he spoke with anyone in Denmark.
Mr. Drummond, my understanding of Denmark is that the reason they can data-mine is that every single citizen has an identity number. With that identity number is included their credit history, where they are living, what their job status is, and all manner of trackable information, which makes data-mining much easier.
Now, I'm not sure if the Conservatives are going to this number that we all have to sign on to so they can track our credit history and know where we're living at a given time, but they seem to be saying that Denmark is a better solution for us than Canada.
Are we talking apples and apples here, apples and oranges, or are we talking about a scramble to come up with some excuse as to why they made this move?