Allow me to interrupt you, Minister.
The NHS's non-response rate is 31.4%, compared with 5.5% for the census conducted in 2006 using the long-term questionnaire. For instance, the response rate is so low and the data is so imprecise that, we are told, in Grosse Île, near Quebec City, less than 5% of people filled out the questionnaire.
This census cost $29 million more than the mandatory questionnaire. I do not think that's effective. Many social science professors and specialists are saying that this approach is totally ineffective.
I do not know what you will bring in to replace this NHS program. Companies and municipalities are saying that they will not even be able to use that data to work on their community's most vulnerable populations. For instance, teachers—and I am a former teacher myself—evaluate students to try to find ways to help them with their learning process. However, since the Statistics Canada form is so mediocre, they can no longer use the data accurately or scientifically.