Bernard Généreux at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On March 8th, 2011. See this statement in context.

March 8th, 2011 / 4:35 p.m.

Conservative

Bernard Généreux Conservative Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to the witnesses.

Mr. Fellegi, I would like you to explain why, in the census, the answers provided by some Canadians might be less good to a voluntary questionnaire than to a mandatory questionnaire? You said earlier that you will have to guess the results of the census since you have never seen such a situation in your 50 years of experience.

Let us suppose that, as a Canadian and a Quebecker, I receive the voluntary census and decide to respond. The answers I will provide will not be any different than those I would provide to a mandatory questionnaire, I believe. Do you really think the answers provided in the next census will be different than those provided in the previous mandatory census?

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