Trying to explain Prime Minister Harper’s decision to make the long form of the census voluntary

The destruction of part of the nation's statistical data base is just part of the 'blow by' for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's relentless ambition.

On June 26, 2010, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government announced in the Canada Gazette that the long form questionnaire would become voluntary in the 2011 Census. For 35 years, a randomly chosen 20 per cent of households have been required to answer an additional 53 questions on issu...

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