OttawaThe fiscal conservative case for statisticsLamenting for cuts at Statistics Canada , Vass Bednar and Mark Stabile suggest a fiscal conservative case for evidence-based...
NewsGood news, bad news: June 28 - July 5, 2012Poverty down in Canada, Brodeur re-signs with Devils, and drownings mar Canada Day
OttawaThe quiet cutsStatistics Canada has released a list of the programs and surveys that will be affected by budget cuts. The full list is here...
OttawaWho had it easy?: the job market greeting gradsThere’s been plenty of heated response to Emma Teitel’s “ Boomers, You Folks Had it Easy ,” column. It left me curious about...
OttawaThe quiet cutsThe Federal Tobacco Control Strategy is being cut, trade consulates will be closed, a coalition of organizations that deal with...
CanadaCanada’s unofficial (and unelected) oppositionFormer high-ranking civil servants are outspoken critics of the Harper government
OttawaOff messageA year and a half after the chief statistician resigned , Statistics Canada’s chief economic analyst resigns . Former chief...
Ottawa’The data will almost certainly be biased’New figures show a 69% response rate for the National Household Survey—higher than Statistics Canada expected, but still not...
OttawaThe end of the long-form censusMunir Sheikh reviews the demise of the long-form census, his resignation and the ramifications for Statistics Canada.
On CampusWhy the tuition problem is worse than you thinkFees are up 4.3 per cent this fall: Statistics Canada