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Re: Canada Census on line

Posted by Grignon, Alain on May 04, 2006; 1:50pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Canada-Census-on-line-tp525p535.html

How certain are you that Lockheed is behind it? And if they are, that they are keeping copies of the data for themselves. I would caution.. Be mindfull of what you read.

Just my thoughts


Alain Grignon
Landslide GIS Specialist / Spécialiste SIG en glissements de terrains
Geological Survey of Canada / Commission géologique du Canada
601 Booth st. / 601 rue Booth
Ottawa, Ont.
Tel: (613) 947-8773
http://landslides.nrcan.gc.ca/


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: May 4, 2006 2:22 AM
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Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] Canada Census on line

On 5/3/06, Richard Houston <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Not sure if this falls into civicaccess's mandate but I figured I
> would pass it on.
>
> Today I tried to fill out my census info on-line (www.census2006.ca).
> When I tried to get started I got this
>
> "Your browser does not meet the minimum requirements to access this
> site
>
> The current version of browser you are using is not supported by this site.
>
> To download a supported version of browser, please refer to: To
> download the required software. If you do not wish to download a new
> browser, you can complete your paper questionnaire and return it by
> mail in the envelope provided."

It gets worst... Lockheed Martin is behind the technical aspect of the canadian census, but also for many more countries. They're building a HUGE database and personaly, I'm not sure I want my data in their hands. See his for more info and what you can do about it:

http://countmeout.ca/

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