Globe and Mail discussion re 2006 Census

Posted by Ted Hildebrandt on May 15, 2006; 7:23pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Globe-and-Mail-discussion-re-2006-Census-tp585.html

The Globe and Mail had a live discussion with Anil Arora, census manager for Statistics Canada, regarding the 2006 Census. Below is the link to the questions and answers from the session.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060512.wcensus0515/BNStory/specialComment/home

Of particular interest is the following Q & A.

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Chris Schnurr from Windsor, Canada writes: If the census is a legal obligation why is accessing this information, researched and produced with tax-payer money, subject to fees to purchase information that I have already bought?

Anil Arora, manager of the 2006 census, writes:Chris Schnurr: The overwhelming majority of the data disseminated from the census is available on our website free of charge. We only charge for data when a specific organization or individual request data that is not standard or for re-distribution purposes. Tax payers should not have to subsidize such requests which are mainly for very specific purposes or for revenue generation.

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