Work on the Canadian census was first out-sourced to Lockheed Martin (contractor) and IBM (sub-contractor) for the 2006 census.
There was a test run of the 2006 census in 2004 (called the “mini-census).
Prior to the 2006 census, the computerized census data base consisted of data that was not linked to a name. The records were for the purpose of generating “aggregate information”. You don’t need names in order to do that.
I confirmed in cross-examination of the StatsCan witness (Anil Arora) at my trial (January 12, 2010):
Beginning with the 2006 census (which includes the 2004 “mini census”) the computerized data base of census records contains the name that goes with the data. Previously the name was not part of the computerized record, it was on the microfiche record.
Above all, Governments SHOULD NOT HAVE detailed personal information on every citizen. That is the clear lesson of the Nazis in Europe, and a repeated lesson from every police-state in history.
StatsCan claims that groups of people (provinces, First Nations, people with disabilities, etc.) will not receive their share of the $7 billion in transfer payments if StatsCan does not have census data on every citizen.
The census is not a data base that contains all the personal information on every individual.
We are not in a police state. Unless we choose to be.