July 27, 2010<\/p>\n
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper
\nPrime Minister of Canada
\nHouse of Commons
\nOttawa, ON\u00a0 K1A 0A6<\/p>\n
Dear Prime Minister:<\/p>\n
I am writing on behalf of the Canadian Consortium for Research (CCR) to express our profound dismay at the decision of your government to discontinue Statistics Canada\u2019s mandatory long-form census survey.\u00a0 The CCR is a coalition of private and public sector research and post-secondary education organizations representing some 50,000 researchers and 500,000 students in a wide variety of disciplines across Canada.<\/p>\n
Information generated by the mandatory long-form provides a scientific basis for individuals, families, businesses, churches, unions, charities, communities, and governments to understand the workings and directions of Canadian society and to consider and implement personal, economic, and policy decisions.\u00a0 Moreover, Statistics Canada has long-standing and effective policies for protecting the privacy of individual respondents.<\/p>\n
The discontinuance of the mandatory long-form will deny Canadians and their governments the ability to make the best possible planning and investment choices, whether they relate to neighbourhood or national issues, in both the public and private sectors.\u00a0 Given the nearly unanimous and unprecedented concerns of the research and policy communities, the Consortium urges you to restore the mandatory long-form census and to protect a critical and internationally recognized element for strong Canadian policy analysis.<\/p>\n
Yours sincerely,<\/p>\n
Paul S. Vincett
\nChair, Canadian Consortium for Research<\/p>\n
c:\u00a0 The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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