Industry committee  After between 72 years and 100 years, approximately. I can get the figures for you if you want.

Industry committee  The 72-year period predates Confederation. So we lack information on how the waiting period was determined at the time. Generally speaking, the number of years is set based on an individual's lifespan.

Industry committee  Yes, generally. That is why the period would not be 30 years.

Industry committee  The chief statistician explained it well. Over the years, with changes in legislation, determining what the legislator's intent was became complicated, especially in the early 1900s. Once an enumerator promised to keep the information confidential, it meant that the entity as a

Industry committee  It appears in the Privacy Act. Actually, it's in section 6 of the Privacy Regulations.

Industry committee  Exactly. That covered data that had not yet been made available. For example, the data from 1891 was made available in 1983, when the legislation was passed. Do you like numbers?

Industry committee  Okay. When the Privacy Act was passed....

Industry committee  I'm talking about the act passed in 1983 whose regulations made it possible to make census data available after 92 years. If you subtract 1891 from 1983, you get 92 years. We could make the data available when the act was passed, and that was done. As you know, the same figure i

Industry committee  In 1918, another amendment was made to the act. At that time, it was clear that data was confidential and there were no provisions that made it possible to make census data public after any period of time. In 2005, an amendment was made to the Statistics Act to decide what do to

Industry committee  Exactly. That is what was revised in the act that is currently in force. However, it was requested that consent be tested. That was done from 2006 to 2016.

Industry committee  We didn't know how Canadians would react to the fact that they would now be asked for consent. A re-evaluation had to be done.

Industry committee  According to the figures, yes, absolutely.

Industry committee  I will not pass judgment on that. However, I can give you more exact figures, if you are interested. Today, the legislator's duty is to decide what will be done with that data. Should we continue asking for consent or should we go back to the previous practice of making data av

Industry committee  Yes, after 92 years.

Industry committee  It was my pleasure.