Unfortunately, right now in Latin America there's a habit of changing definitions if you don't like the outcome. In fact, the Argentine government has done exactly the same thing around inflation. Measured inflation is announced at 8%; it's probably more like 25%.
So the answers are no and no; of course you don't fiddle with definitions in order to get the outcomes you want. A worthy interlocutory for Canada would try to adopt the same kind of high standards that we have.