Official Languages committee  I hear your question loud and clear. My answer is that we cannot do things purely according to preferences. We have to have scientific certainty that we will obtain the strongest data possible. That is why we will use the best methods possible. As I told Mr. Choquette earlier, w

Official Languages committee  That is why we are doing qualitative and quantitative testing. If the population understands the questions properly, both in a small sample and in quantitative testing, with a much larger sample...

Official Languages committee  We will have initial data that is scientific and robust right from the start, if we make sure that...

Official Languages committee  No, absolutely not.

Official Languages committee  If we need money, we will get it.

Official Languages committee  What I can say is that we have a deadline and our goal is to meet it.

Official Languages committee  Yes, unless there is a catastrophe.

Official Languages committee  I cannot say because that is subject to analyses, testing, and so forth. That is up to our methodology specialists. We have to look at all of that. That is why we have to know where to put the questions and how to ask them. As you know, the census forms are very detailed.

Official Languages committee  All I would say is that we are continuing to examine long-term alternative methods. As you know, there is tremendous change in censuses around the world. All I am saying is that, in order to meet the 2021 deadline, we had no other choice than to examine the census process in orde

Official Languages committee  Yes, all the language-related questions in the short form are also in the long form.

Official Languages committee  It means that 100% of respondents will answer the questions in the short form.

Official Languages committee  All the population does not answer all the questions in the long-form census, which is much more exhaustive and which is why it is called the long-form census.

Official Languages committee  Right now, it is not an option. Otherwise there would be no short form. In terms of rights holders, we are certainly looking at both options.

Official Languages committee  We have been meeting about twice a week for the past three months.

Official Languages committee  On this topic.