In fact, it would be difficult to guess the secret intentions behind this decision. We don't have a crystal ball. I still think that, if this decision persists, we will be tragically blinded. I can see the consequences: we could be given any old figures. People will tell us that, after conducting their own private surveys, they have decided this or that based on their own figures, and they will show them to us. That will be done without comparability or reliability, or anything like that
As it was pointed out, the importance of Statistics Canada in general and of its work has to do with the fact that it is a non-political corporation that conducts its own research and fights its own battles without being steered by political demand. This organization is about to lose its independence, and that's why things are becoming serious, in my opinion.