In follow-up to: 2012-07-13 StatsCan Surveys, Complaint to the Privacy Commissioner
– Mr. Prosper Beral, Senior Privacy Investigator, took on my complaint. I spoke with him, providing background details and answering questions.
– August 22, 2012 I received Reply 1 from Privacy CommissionerIMG
– On October 31, a phone call from Zladimir (Kitchener) prompted me to get back in touch with Prosper to pass along this another story of attempted intimidation and bullying by StatsCan employees. Zladimir has been in Canada for fifteen years; he came from Slovakia. In the end he told the StatsCan supervisor who came to his property that he has lived in a communist regime and will leave Canada before he submits to a communist regime here.
– Among other things, I said to Prosper that the abuses of power and acting outside the law are a basis for, and sufficiently disturbing that citizens should maybe come together and lay charges against StatsCan. (There is too much to do when the Government operates outside the rule of law.)
– The role of the Privacy Commissioner is to work with the offending agency of the Government to uphold the privacy rights of Canadians. Prosper is dealing with StatsCan. I will let you know when I hear back.