Category Archives: Census

The Great Canadian Census Debate: The Economists Call It

Posted on July 30, 2010 by bhaggart

It looks like we can call it a day on the Great Canadian Mandatory Long-Form Census Debate: the economists have weighed in, and they think the government’s wrong, wrong, wrong! Today’s Globe and Mail reports that 76 percent of economists … Continue reading →

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What the Census debacle can tell us about governmental accountability

Posted on July 23, 2010 by bhaggart

Jeffrey Simpson nails it today when he notes that the scrapping of the mandatory long-form census is a “temporary triumph over ideology.” (Well, one can hope that any such triumph would be temporary, but I’m feeling pessimistic today.) This whole … Continue reading →

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