I was probably one of them on that census. I am sure that 700,000 and some refused to say: "I am an English Canadian, a French Canadian or a native Canadian". They just said: "I am Canadian. That is all that I am".
StatsCan is now going to change its forms to make sure this does not happen again. It is going to make sure Canadians put down an ethnic background so that we can get more statistical information on which to base things like employment equity.
In the member's riding in northern British Columbia do people there like to be known as Peace River Canadians, Prince George Canadians, or do they generally just approach it as straight, old Canadians? I would like the member's opinion on whether he thinks this trend is an up and coming thing in Peace River or whether it is kind of passé.