I think that's an astute observation. One of the things that people haven't come back to is that the decision around the long-form census is taking place in a broader context: a number of other surveys have been eliminated, and there have been significant cutbacks at Statistics Canada. The amount of analysis and actual publication of information flowing into the public domain has been significantly reduced. I have experienced that as a researcher and I know that to be the case in the public domain. We've lost the disability survey this year. We've lost a number of immigrant surveys.
These are all taken as a piece of the loss of quality of analysis that we now have to make profound economic and social decisions. It has been compromised. I think that's an important background piece for you in your consideration and deliberations in this committee.