I think you've put your finger on one of the challenges that Statistics Canada has encountered with the end of the obligatory long-form census and its transformation into a voluntary census document. That has created a situation in which there are some communities in which the response rate was too low for there to be valid data.
We had a number of complaints about the abolition of the long-form census. We did an investigation, and it became clear that no federal institution had recommended the end of the long-form census. The nature of the decision was, if you like, protected by cabinet secrecy. Unfortunately, we cannot cross that boundary created by the nature of the secrecy of the cabinet system.
Even though we were not able to find a federal institution that had not met their responsibilities under the Official Languages Act in terms of the decision on the long-form census, I think it was regrettable. It has made it more difficult to have the kind of detailed information that social agencies, government agencies, community groups, and various organizations involved in social welfare of various kinds need. They need to know where those services are the most necessary.