Mandatory long-form census restored by new Liberal government

[DaSleeper]

It's simple for leftoid ideologue...
Everything Harper did.....Bad

Anything the shiny pony will do......good....and defend no matter what it is!

 

[mentalfloss]

To be fair, everything Not Harper does is good.

 

[Walter]

To be fair, everything Not Harper does is good.

ISIS is not Harper.

 

[Corduroy]

Harper lost the election. Put that down as a check mark in Harper column.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Harper lost the election. Put that down as a check mark in Harper column.

One has to assume this is the usual final legacy on any politician -- they will usually lose their last election.

 

[mentalfloss]

ISIS is not Harper.

With the legislation he pushed through, he was contributing to the problem.

 

[B00Mer]

why? what did the LGR do? it didn't impact crime, most people didn't bother registering it wasted a lot of money for a list that front line police offices said was useless (only the chiefs loved it) and made 2 million + Canadians paper criminals overnight.

 

[Curious Cdn]

I won't be filling it out.

You probably don't have much worthwhile to tell us.

The excuse they gave was privacy... but then they enacted C-51, so privacy is not actually a concern. What other reason could there be to getting rid of it?

Half the damn planet has given up far more information through their Facebook accounts. Everything is kown about everybody, somewhere. If you have a phone, a house, a credit card, the file on you is already a mile long.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

You probably don't have much worthwhile to tell us.



Half the damn planet has given up far more information through their Facebook accounts. Everything is kown about everybody, somewhere. If you have a phone, a house, a credit card, the file on you is already a mile long.

That's an argument commonly advanced by those who don't understand the difference between giving up something voluntarily for a perceived benefit, and giving it up under government coercion.

Here's a hint: the difference is called "freedom."

 

[Curious Cdn]

That's an argument commonly advanced by those who don't understand the difference between giving up something voluntarily for a perceived benefit, and giving it up under government coercion.

Here's a hint: the difference is called "freedom."

Canada is the Freest Nation in the World, Legatum Study Says - US News

 

[Twila]

Half the damn planet has given up far more information through their Facebook accounts. Everything is kown about everybody, somewhere. If you have a phone, a house, a credit card, the file on you is already a mile long.

Funny how interesting people must think their lives are when in fact nobody except marketers care what you do.

 

[Frankiedoodle]

The census was originally taken 10 years, now it is done every 5.
Some Canadians seem to be afraid that the boogeyman is hiding behind every corner and that by filling in the long form census is going to give him your deepest secrets. So far as I have seen there is no where that you are asked if you cheated on you wife though you are asked about your sexual orientation.
All the data is in aggregate form, so you will not be identified to Revenue Canada. None of the data is cross checked. Your income my be $67,000 but you fill in $5. The $5. Will be what is recorded for the census data.
People who purposely fill out the form incorrectly are just wasting, their own money. They mess up data that is used for building schools, hospitals, infrastucture. If you think that the government of Justin Trudeau gives a rat's *** whether some doofus is going to act like a toddler who doesn't want to eat their vegetables and knowingly fills out a form, that will be used for their benefit, incorrectly.. Well just stamp your feet and say you are not going to eat them, oh I mean, fill out the form.

 

[JLM]

Funny how interesting people must think their lives are when in fact nobody except marketers care what you do.

I'm pretty sure information gleaned from a census form would be ruled inadmissible as evidence in court. I would guess that for the sake of expediency most information would be matched with postal codes to arrive at statistics.

 

[damngrumpy]

I have no problem with this at all and to me the protest is a tempest in a teapot.

 

[JLM]

I have no problem with this at all and to me the protest is a tempest in a teapot.

Probably the same people who protest against smart meters and cameras on the street! The sh*t some people worry about!!!

 

[Jinentonix]

Probably the same people who protest against smart meters and cameras on the street! The sh*t some people worry about!!!

Smart meters have caused house fires, so yeah, it's an understandable concern for some.

 

[JLM]

Smart meters have caused house fires, so yeah, it's an understandable concern for some.

I suppose....................everything causes some grief sooner or later!

 

[Corduroy]

One has to assume this is the usual final legacy on any politician -- they will usually lose their last election.

And the Canadian people can't thank him enough for losing.

 

[Curious Cdn]

I suppose....................everything causes some grief sooner or later!

Yeah.


Look what the Internet has created.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

And the Canadian people can't thank him enough for losing.

I look forward to extending the same thank you to the current PM when his time has come.