I did not know about the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in Paris, 1942. Many French people were likewise in the dark. Bless Tatiana de Rosnay for her compelling novel, Sarah’s Key. She says: I was . . . appalled by what I discovered concerning the Vel’ d’ Hiv’ Roundup, especially about what happened to those 4,000 Jewish children, and […]
Not mentioned in this article about confidential UK Government letters released by Privacy International: the similarities to alarms sounded in the UK, Canada, Australia and the U.S. over intelligence services and surveillance. A few examples: 2014-09-26 Journalists and whistleblowers will go to jail under new national security laws, Australia, The Guardian. (Includes info on Five […]
Our democracy can be a powerful dynamic force for justice and equality but it can also When people’s fallibility takes precedence over their goodness then horrific things are done in the name of democracy Serendipity. I was answering Brad’s question about the viability of StatsCan. 2016-05-20 Was there at any point an historical Statistics […]
Canadians continue to arrive on this blog with questions about the Census and StatsCan Surveys. Thanks to the student Brad. The Q&A with him is helpful to others. My Reply follows his question: (February) The crux of the problem is this; we do have a centralized statistical agency and a large part of academia states that […]
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (My replies are italicized) STUDENT FROM PHILOSOPHY CLASS, TRUTH AND PROPAGANDA (Reference “Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion”, by Professor Randal Marlin) RE your statement: former Chief Statistician agrees with the premise of your second reason (Charter Right to Privacy). He states that while the mandatory collection of personal information is in […]
Liberal Commitment to the Charter of Rights and Freedom: Prime Minister J Trudeau mandated Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould (Attorney General): … You are expected to ensure that the rights of Canadians are protected, that our work demonstrates the greatest possible commitment to respecting the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and that our government seeks to fulfill […]
January 9, after reading news reports like 2016-01-07 Statistics Canada Ready To Deliver Long-Form Census For 2016, having had no success with Ministers Responsible for the Census, for Democratic Institutions and for Charter Rights, I phoned one of the two Parliamentary Secretaries to the Minister of Justice. The attendant who answered the phone was attentive. We discussed; I followed up […]
UPDATE: the reply from the Minister’s Office, and my response are appended. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – (Versions of this sent to Minister of Democratic Institutions (Maryam Monsef) and Privacy Commissioner) Dear Jody Wilson-Raybould, It is truly wonderful that you are the […]
Janet asked: What’s your take . . . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = It’s probably crazy to expect that anything can be done at this stage (census long form). NONETHELESS, I sent e-communications to […]
(Deletions made in order to keep the posting more focused.) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, . . . (Congratulations . […]