Hammer Tim said: Alethia

I think the Conservatives, will compromise with its critics: And allow Canadians to see how Britain and Germany do after dropping their national census. (Britain didn't even whimper)
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Really, from Time Magazine...

Read it this time, you ignored it yesterday obviously!!

The European countries you speak of have far more intrusive information collection devices, requiring their citizens to offer information - through various sources that Canadians, of every stripe would be shocked at... and unaccepting of...
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You and I exchanged views on this yesterday.
The Nordic countries do have a more intrusive state.  I suppose, with the most cctv cameras Britain is always watching.  And we must be able t think something up about Germany.

I was not talking about Nordic Countries you might notice.  If I were, I would have referred to Europe generally.  No, what I said if you go back and re-read it, is that Canada can observe England, since it dropped it's census in the past week or two; and it can observe Germany who intends to shortly.

England is significant because of Commonwealth ties.  And Germany who has rebuilt itself twice, after WWII and after the fall of wall.  It has had to integrate people who were indoctrinated as socialists, and reform itself.  One might think that a) Germany's socialists would want government control and public facilities, and therefore would be very upset about the change.
b) There must be some thinking intellectuals and elites who have considered this and fed into the process.  The government isn't known to be low-brow.

By watching how these countries do this, we can assess if this can be accommodated in Canada.