Industry committee  Thank you very much for that question.

Industry committee  It's a big question, so I'm not sure I can do it justice in 30 seconds. I've had a lot of experience in the private sector and in different levels of government. I've done a lot of work in the international sphere, and obviously in a policy and regulatory role in the last two d

Industry committee  This is prior to my coming on. I'm trying to recall; it was a very short conversation. I think he mentioned that obviously I would be facing a number of challenges. It was very clear at that point that Wayne Smith's departure had raised the issue about the infrastructure capaci

Industry committee  I don't need instructions to continue the business of—

Industry committee  As I said at the front end, there's been no discussion other than saying this is going to be a challenge, and I'll be able to deal with it. I remain confident that I can deal with this in a collaborative way. As I said, I'm already making some progress on that front.

Industry committee  No, in fact, if I may, I think it's important to give you the perspective. Statistics Canada—

Industry committee  I would have to have a very convincing rationale to do that, because I believe there are some risks in going in a certain way that need to be weighed against ensuring that an enterprise system gives you the benefits that are there. That's why I'm being very clear here that if I w

Industry committee  We have to look at how we go about doing that, and a lot of the details have to be worked out first and foremost, so it's not something that happens tomorrow. I think the National Statistics Council plays a very important role. We have close to 40 very eminent members on that c

Industry committee  No, I have not.

Industry committee  I suppose, but that's a theoretical question as far as I'm concerned—

Industry committee  Let me—

Industry committee  Thank you for that question. Very much so. Sometimes, as they say, you have to leave the house to understand how good you have it, and also where it is you need to do some renovations, perhaps. In both those positions it was very clear to me that we had some significant data g

Industry committee  There is nothing in the Statistics Act that says I can or cannot do it. It is a matter of policy, and it has to make sense. As I have said before, if I had the rationale that made it absolutely clear that this was the only way that I could do business and I could sustain that mo

Industry committee  Just for the record, I didn't say they have better data than we have. I think that was a preamble to a question that was asked of me. I think they have strengths and they have an environment where they've obviously evolved their system. Given their context, going way back, info

Industry committee  I didn't want to be flippant with your first question. There are clearly lessons to be learned from other jurisdictions the world over. We are very much connected with our colleagues. In fact, I hosted the Conference of European Statisticians a couple of weeks back, and I've had