OttawaKnowledge isn’t freeStephen Gordon rebuts the notion—expressed here for instance—that the information Statistics Canada collects is freely...
OttawaMore notes on a brouhahaMaxime Bernier blogs a defense. Conservative MP James Rajotte writes to Industry Minister Tony Clement seeking explanation. The...
OttawaNotes on a brouhahaKevin Milligan looks at what Statistics Canada has to say about the accuracy of voluntary surveys. Mike Moffat says drop the...
OttawaLibertarian if necessary, but not necessarily libertarianThe research and social planner for Calgary—that bastion of nanny statists—voices his objection to the census changes. Stephen...
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.
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...