Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I welcome you all.
I want to go back to the long-form census, and I want to talk about two things: number one, whether it should be made mandatory or not; and number two, whether the scope of the long-form census should be legislated or not. Prior to you gentlemen coming in, witnesses talked about the fact that they all welcome the long-form census and the fact that it's giving us more data, but they identify as a gap the fact that it hasn't been made mandatory in this bill. Also, a few of the witnesses said it is an issue that the scope is not legislated.
I'd like to actually go around and hear from all of you for about 45 seconds each.
I'm going to start with Mr. Sheikh to get your input vis-à-vis what the issues are if it's not made mandatory, because right now in the bill it is not mandatory, and I want to understand what the issues are.