Terry Sheehan at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On April 11th, 2017. See this statement in context.

April 11th, 2017 / 10:30 a.m.

Liberal

Terry Sheehan Liberal Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Those are good statements.

My next question is for Jean-Guy.

The proposed amendments being put forth in Bill C-36 are intended to reinforce the credibility of Statistics Canada and the ongoing trust of Canadians in their national statistical agency. My first question is, how will formalizing Statistics Canada's independence be better for Canadians in terms of the quality of the data?

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