Stirring things up at Statscan
Statistics
Canada's new chief statistician has a head for numbers and a desire for
the agency to 'evolve with the country'
http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080915.wrstatscan15/BNStory/Business/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp
I just wrote a letter to the editor suggesting in addition to Chief Statistician reporting that data access reporting would be great, i discussed public access to public data, cost recovery and that people on
civicaccess.ca were wanting access to the postal code file so that they may enhance the political participation process but that the file was under a restrictive license and way to expensive. This I said was thwarting community innovation on a fundamental issue - the elections.
The article is not accepting comments but clicking on that comments link will take you to the editor. Take a few minutes and drop a note! We get StatCan Articles so very rarely and this might be a good opportunity.
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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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