TSimba said: "as a visible minority citizen i feel marginalized by the stupid decision of Tony Clement ...he should resign immediately as he does not represent the best interests of Canada ... there is no such thing as a voluntary census unless there is an agenda to hide the nature of our ever changing Canadian society ...Tony Clement, you do not speak for me!!!"
I commiserate with you. I am a visible majority person who feels marginalized as well. I grapple with a disability.
This brings out one of the challenges of census processes in the Western world. Perhaps most pronounced in Britain, where there has been massive immigration from Eastern Europe. Apparently, the census utility is pretty much useless over there. Comparatively, Canada's immigration is more stable so it isn't as bad here.
A copy of an article by the Economist can be found on my blog here: or on their site if you are a paid customer: http://paradoxicalx3.blogspot.com/2010/07/from-economist.html. What is very interesting is the list of European countries dropping mandatory census'. Apparently Germany has announced they are dropping it next.
The logic goes that apparently the essential data the government needs from its citizens is already in the data banks already. They then will supplement that data by conduct polls-- sort of like political polls, on an expanded scale with an accuracy say of 99/100, if ever they want to count bedrooms or something.
Anyway... just putting out info...
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