Mr. Speaker, Wayne Smith, Canada's chief statistician, resigned Friday and blasted the Liberal government for failing to protect the independence of Stats Canada.
The Liberals promised to restore Stats Canada's independence, but Mr. Smith said “that independence has never been more compromised.”
I ask the minister to resist the urge to simply blame the Harper Conservatives because Mr. Smith was referring to the Liberal government.
How does the Liberal government defend this breach of independence and this clearly broken promise?