As I mentioned earlier, the Constitution Act and the Statistics Act require that a census be held in 2011. It has to be done. It cannot be postponed to 2012. Of course, if that were possible, everything would be possible, but such is not the case. The census absolutely has to be held in 2011. With the time remaining, it is now impossible for us to change directions. Even if we were to hold it later and to spend lots of money, it would still not be possible to change the census plan and the national household survey. Postponing the census and reintegrating it in the national household survey to make it compulsory would not be realistically possible in the time remaining. This is what we estimate, my team and I. It would really be impossible to do so in the time remaining, and to do what we are required to do under the Act.
On March 8th, 2011. See this statement in context.