The Battles

Margaret Fehr says, Believing this was not a mandatory census, I declined.   Margaret received a labour “survey”.   She is correct, StatsCan surveys are voluntary.  The law on StatsCan “surveys” (happen in between censuses)  is at   Are StatsCan surveys mandatory?  Interpretation of the Law.   Margaret Fehr’s letter-to-the-editor: http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=ecd05711-47bc-4869-a388-6544b92ca59d Harassed by StatsCan Margaret Fehr, The StarPhoenix Published: Saturday, […]

Statistics Canada is authorized to conduct a “census” every five years and “surveys” in between censuses. This posting addresses the experience of Susan Crowther in relation to StatsCan “surveys” .  Other people have had similar experiences. People should know their rights when Statistics Canada knocks on their door. Data collection is for a “census” or for a “survey”.   The Statistics Act […]

(1)  “RECRUITING BY STEALTH”, DAVID GOODMAN Feb 11, 2010 Wanda writes: I don’t know if this is helpful, but I just listened to CBC “Dispatches” and one of the interviews was with American Journalist David Goodman called “Recruiting by Stealth”. He describes how the educational legislation passed during the Bush era “No Child Forgotten” actually […]

STATSCAN DOES DATA COLLECTION ON INDIVIDUALS IN BETWEEN CENSUSES.    (this posting is incomplete )       A. THE STORY OF FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN SOUTHEAST SASKATOON: STATISTICS CANADA CAME INTO THE HOME, QUESTIONS FOR MORE THAN HALF AN HOUR, ENTERED RESPONSES ONTO A COMPUTER. HAD TO SEE THEIR ACTUAL INCOME TAX FORMS.  JANUARY 5, 2010.  NOT […]