Official Languages committee  There's no problem with that, but as I already mentioned, very clearly, Statistics Canada must conduct rigorous and very thorough reviews to ensure that those questions are feasible in a census.

Official Languages committee  No problem.

Official Languages committee  —can do so and they will be given consideration—

Official Languages committee  My answer will always be the same. A very large number of communities and associations tell us about urgent measures. Everyone has their own urgent measures, and Statistics Canada, as the national statistical agency, must take into consideration each of those requests and assess

Official Languages committee  There's no decree for the 2018 test. However, we are indeed talking about a decree for the content of the 2021 census. As for the 2018, the national census test—

Official Languages committee  I mentioned earlier that, in the national census tests of 1993 and 1998, Statistics Canada conducted testing on the language of instruction. The results were not perfect and led to other questions. We have formed partnerships with the federal government departments on an ongoing

Official Languages committee  That is a great question. I will quickly answer by saying that what seems obvious often isn't to the people surveyed and to the respondents. The first question was to find out whether the people did part or all of their primary schooling in French. Clearly, if section 23 is app

Official Languages committee  What we said is that the 2006 survey was accurately measuring the number of rights holders in official language minorities. The survey counted all the parents outside Quebec whose mother tongue was French. French was either the only language or one among others. In addition, it c

Official Languages committee  It actually was a Canada-wide survey that included all the provinces. There was a sample of about 50,000 people taken from official language minorities, not from the entire Canadian population.

Official Languages committee  No problem.

Official Languages committee  Thank you for your question. My answer has two parts. You talked about adding four questions. That is not the case, because the seven questions in the current census cover other dimensions. There is a possibility of adding 10 other questions because the 11th is the one that is

Official Languages committee  I would like to make a small correction.

Official Languages committee  I did not say that it was not up to Statistics Canada to make decisions on these issues. In fact, Statistics Canada conducts tests, takes recommendations into account, and assesses the possible options very carefully. That is why I mentioned the census tests; the 1993 and 1998 ce

Official Languages committee  Ultimately, the recommendation is submitted to the government, and cabinet decides...

Official Languages committee  ... and approves the content of the census.