Census flap all about assessing character of Prime Minister Harper and his government

The issue is not about the substance but the form. And that's the major problem the Harper government has been facing for the last four years.

TORONTO—The mandatory long-form census dispute attempting to wake up politically sleepy Canadians during the summertime confirms, once again, that most of the time packaging is more important than substance.

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