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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:28:28 -0300 From: "Nova Scotia Legislative Library" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Anne L Van Iderstine" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Fwd: 2011 Census issue: interview with Ivan Fellegi, former Chief Statistician... [today`s CBC Radio One`s show, `The Current`]... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=__Part260B59CC.2__=" --=__Part260B59CC.2__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >>> HELENE LEBLANC <[log in to unmask]> 2010-07-14 6:32 PM >>> [PLEASE EXCUSE ANY CROSS-POSTINGS.] =20 Hi, everyone. =20 In case you missed it, the first item on today`s CBC Radio One`s show, = "The Current" <http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2010/07/july-14-2010.html >, = was about that stellar decision not to distribute the Long Form questionnai= re for the 2006 Census. =20 =20 The two interviewees were Ivan Fellegi, former Chief Statistician @ = Stats Can, and Dean del Mastro, the Conservative MP for Peterborough and a = Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. (They = couldn't get Mr. Clement from Industry Canada.) =20 Try to listen to this part of the interview without cracking a tooth! ** The archived EPISODE can be heard at: =20 < http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/archives.html > =20 ** The quick write-up is below. =20 He/le\ne (LeBlanc), Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario. :*) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------- =20 WRITE-UP: =20 Census - Ivan Fellegi =20 We started this segment with a clip from Christopher Walken giving a = census worker the run-around in a Saturday Night Live skit. The Canadian = census isn't the sort of thing you'd expect to stir intense passions. But = that's exactly what's happening.=20 =20 Three weeks ago, the Federal Government cancelled the mandatory long-form = census. That's the more detailed census that was sent to 1 out of every 5 = Canadian households ... the one with 53 extra questions tracking informatio= n such as ethnicity, disabilities, religion, education and income. =20 The government cited complaints that the long-form census was an invasion = of privacy. So starting next year, Ottawa will send a more detailed census = to 1 out of every 3 households. But filling it out will be voluntary, not = mandatory.=20 =20 At first, that change didn't seem to cause much of a fuss. But the = opposition has been building steadily from think tanks and municipal = governments to genealogists, economists and academic experts such as = Richard Shearmur. He is a professor of urban and regional economics at the = Universite du Quebec. And he's just one of the people making the case to = keep the mandatory long-form census. Another is Ivan Fellegi ... Statistics= Canada's Chief Statistician for 23 years. He retired in 2008 and he was = in Ottawa.=20 =20 =20 Census - Dean del Mastro =20 We requested an interview with Industry Minister Tony Clement, the = Minister who oversees Statistics Canada. He's unavailable because he is = traveling this morning. But he did issue a statement yesterday explaining = the reasons for the change. It reads: =20 "In the past, the Government of Canada received complaints about the = long-form census from citizens who felt it was an intrusion of their = privacy. The government does not think it is necessary for Canadians to = provide Statistics Canada with the number of bedrooms in their home, or = what time of the day they leave for work, or how long it takes them to get = there. The government does not believe it is appropriate to force = Canadians to divulge detailed personal information under threat of = prosecution." =20 For more on the government's position, we were joined by Dean del Mastro, = the Conservative MP for Peterborough and a Parliamentary Secretary to the = Minister of Canadian Heritage. He was in Peterborough, Ontario. --=__Part260B59CC.2__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.17063" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY><BR><BR>>>> HELENE LEBLANC <[log in to unmask]> = 2010-07-14 6:32 PM >>><BR> <TABLE cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 border=3D0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=3Dtop> <DIV id=3Dyiv1193257549> <DIV id=3Dyiv364607675> <DIV id=3Dyiv248488668> <DIV>[PLEASE EXCUSE ANY CROSS-POSTINGS.]<BR> <BR>Hi, everyone.<BR>&nbs= p;<BR> In case you missed it, the first item on today`s CBC = Radio One`s show, "<STRONG>The Current</STRONG>" <<A href=3D"http://www.= cbc.ca/thecurrent/2010/07/july-14-2010.html" target=3D_blank rel=3Dnofollow= >http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2010/07/july-14-2010.html</A> >, was = about that stellar <STRONG>decision not to distribute the Long = Form questionnaire for the 2006 Census</STRONG>. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> The <STRONG>two interviewees were Ivan Fellegi, former = Chief Statistician @ Stats Can, and Dean del Mastro, the Conservative = MP</STRONG> for Peterborough and a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister = of Canadian Heritage. (They couldn't get Mr. Clement from Industry = Canada.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Try to listen to this part of the interview without cracking a = tooth!</DIV> <DIV><BR>** The archived EPISODE can be heard at: = <BR>< <A href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/archives.html" target=3D_b= lank rel=3Dnofollow>http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/archives.html</A> = ><BR> <BR>** The quick write-up is below.<BR> <BR>= He/le\ne (LeBlanc),</DIV> <DIV>Wilfrid Laurier University</DIV> <DIV>Waterloo, Ontario.<BR>:*)<BR>-----------------------------------------= ------------------------------------------------------------</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>WRITE-UP:<BR> <BR>Census - Ivan Fellegi</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM>We started this segment with a clip from Christopher Walken = giving a census worker the run-around in a Saturday Night Live skit. The = Canadian census isn't the sort of thing you'd expect to stir intense = passions. But that's exactly what's happening. </EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM>Three weeks ago, the Federal Government cancelled the mandatory = long-form census. That's the more detailed census that was sent to 1 out = of every 5 Canadian households ... the one with 53 extra questions = tracking information such as ethnicity, disabilities, religion, education = and income.</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM>The government cited complaints that the long-form census was an = invasion of privacy. So starting next year, Ottawa will send a more = detailed census to 1 out of every 3 households. But filling it out will be = voluntary, not mandatory. </EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM>At first, that change didn't seem to cause much of a fuss. But = the opposition has been building steadily from think tanks and municipal = governments to genealogists, economists and academic experts such as = Richard Shearmur. He is a professor of urban and regional economics at the = Universite du Quebec. And he's just one of the people making the case to = keep the mandatory long-form census. Another is Ivan Fellegi ... Statistics= Canada's Chief Statistician for 23 years. He retired in 2008 and he was = in Ottawa. </EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>Census - Dean del Mastro</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><EM>We requested an interview with Industry Minister Tony Clement, = the Minister who oversees Statistics Canada. He's unavailable because he = is traveling this morning. But he did issue a statement yesterday = explaining the reasons for the change. It reads:</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM>"In the past, the Government of Canada received complaints about = the long-form census from citizens who felt it was an intrusion of their = privacy. The government does not think it is necessary for Canadians to = provide Statistics Canada with the number of bedrooms in their home, or = what time of the day they leave for work, or how long it takes them to get = there. The government does not believe it is appropriate to force = Canadians to divulge detailed personal information under threat of = prosecution."</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM>For more on the government's position, we were joined by Dean del = Mastro, the Conservative MP for Peterborough and a Parliamentary Secretary = to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. He was in Peterborough, Ontario.</EM>= </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML> --=__Part260B59CC.2__=--