Official Languages committee  Part of the work may be done by suppliers, but not outside the department. The data never leaves Statistics Canada. The confidentiality of the results and information provided by Canadians is protected at all times. In fields where we do not have expertise, such as cutting-edge

Official Languages committee  Not in this case. I do not believe so.

Official Languages committee  These are systems that were developed or modified at Statistics Canada. A system may have been purchased from a supplier at some point, but the source code is taken over by Statistics Canada. We are the ones who make the adjustments.

Official Languages committee  I cannot recall any cases where errors were attributable to suppliers with whom we did business. As you may remember, some of our data processing systems were supplied by Lockheed Martin in 2006. Since then, we have taken over control of those systems. Some of our processing sys

Official Languages committee  Absolutely. I can also tell you that we apply the same discipline in reviewing data, whether the systems were designed in or outside the department, to ensure they can do what they are supposed to do.

Official Languages committee  We are not saying people should be careless. We will continue to ensure that all the systematic processes are in place to prevent this kind of situation.

Official Languages committee  We live in an automated world. In an exercise such as the census, which concerns 36 million people in all kinds of communities and fields, there are enormous advantages in automating our processes.

Official Languages committee  In Canada, the census is very complex. Automation enables us to do things that otherwise would be impossible. We have discussed issues concerning rights holders. If we did not have ways to optimize the use of technology so we can even consider asking these questions, it would be

Official Languages committee  Some of the systems are not new, but some have to be rebuilt for every census because our questionnaires change. Then we have to make the necessary corrections to those systems to reflect the fact that the questionnaires have been updated. A lot of data is handled and transferre

Official Languages committee  If you calculate from the creation of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, that is a lot of years.

Official Languages committee  We have approximately 5,000.

Official Languages committee  I could not answer that question off the top of my head.

Official Languages committee  Some of them focus specifically on the science of investigation, which includes, for example, methodology, sampling, and so on.

Official Languages committee  Broadly speaking, the process works as you just described. Every area of expertise reviews its own parts, whether it be the method, IT, subject matter experts, or people who create the tables to be posted on the Internet, or the various tools. Each of the teams reviews its part.

Official Languages committee  We do not discuss individuals but rather processes in a case such as this. If someone were dismissed every time an error was made, a lot of employees would be fired.