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Official Languages committee There is no doubt about that.
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee Absolutely.
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee The schedule that was proposed to you is proven. It has been discussed and has been part of every census consultation since it was done. It's important to understand that there is a series of qualitative tests in the spring, that is, we meet with people to make sure they understa
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee We can't change it just because there are political considerations, for instance. It must be based on proven and sound methodology. I can also say that an army of scientists are working on that. We talked about complexity, and it's very real. It isn't enough to say that we all ex
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee Before this expert committee met, we submitted questions. Given the large number of people, it would have been difficult to come up with such questions at the time of the meeting. The objective was to present the various complexities of enumerating the rights-holders. Obviously,
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee They were questions that could be included on the questionnaire, and we need to agree on the wording.
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee That was the main goal, since we knew it was a complex issue. We wanted the best exchanges possible. Several discussions did not go in the same direction. Perceptions were different depending on the region where someone lives in the country or according to skills. We had very enl
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee That's correct.
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee It had already been recognized that it was relevant. The goal was to find the best methodology.
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee No. We discussed it with members of the advisory committee. The reason we put together a solid team of methodologists and skilled analysts from Statistics Canada was just to examine alternative methods. In 2016, close to 70% of the population completed the electronic questionnai
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee We proposed a number of questions for enumeration. I think we came to a pretty clear understanding of which questions we should at least try to test. Of course, following the advice of the members of the advisory committee, these questions have been changed. There have been disc
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee In fact, the committee did not influence Statistics Canada's decision to move forward. Statistics Canada was already moving forward thanks to the support, suggestions and advice of the committee.
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
March 21st, 2018Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee Yes, we improved the situation starting in 1991. That resulted in a significant decline in the number of people who declared several languages as their mother tongue. People were in a better position to understand that, in addition to asking them to state the languages they knew,
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil
Official Languages committee QCGN did not exist at the time. That was in 1991.
October 31st, 2017Committee meeting
Jean-Pierre Corbeil