Ottawa’You try to limit the amount of state coercion that you have’While Tony Clement continues to try to defend his department’s census changes, Stephen Gordon tallies the potential damage done.
Ottawa’The death of smart government’David Eaves—with the essay that seemed to start yesterday’s Twitter exchange— condemns the census decision on a variety of...
OttawaWhen ministers of the crown tweetAttempting to defend his stance on the census, Tony Clement takes to Twitter
OttawaThe serious trouble of sample selection biasStephen Gordon expands on his concerns about government changes to the census. Genealogists , economists , academics and Canada’s...
OttawaLet us now argue passionately about data collectionThe government has announced, on the grounds of " personal privacy ," a rather important change to the census. Stephen Gordon, in...
GeneralAll Canadians are not counted equallyTwo white Canadians refused to fill out their 2006 census form, in protest over the fact that the company crunching the numbers --...