I just want to clarify some of the conversations, because I think there's a lot of focus on information and the value of information. I think that's actually something we could all agree on.
In terms of the changes that have actually been made, we still have a short-form census. There was talk about the number of people in communities across the country. That's still going to be known. We're still asking who lives in the house and what their birthdates are. That's still in the short form, just as it always was. Questions such as those relating to gender and first language are all still in the short form, so they're still going to be asked. They're still going to be mandatory—just for clarification for people, because I think there are some folks who don't understand that.
The changes we've made have been to the long-form census. Again, we haven't scrapped it. It's going to be a national household survey. It will be the largest survey in Canadian history. It will be implemented and run by the experts at StatsCan, experts in statistical methodology.
Are you confident that this course of action is going to yield the information that organizations need across this country but in a way that strikes a better balance for Canadians?