moved for leave to introduce Bill C-625, An Act to amend the Statistics Act (removal of imprisonment).
Mr. Speaker, this private member's bill would amend the Statistics Act to remove the possibility of imprisonment for the failure to fill out mandatory Statistics Canada surveys and to allow the release of data from the 2011 National Household Survey in the future.
The constituents of Elgin—Middlesex—London have told me that they are happy to volunteer information to Statistics Canada and that no one should ever go to jail for refusing to do so. I hope members of the House would also agree.
I thank the member for Dufferin—Caledon for his help today.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)