Re: Census 2006 available for Linux User

Posted by Michael Boyle on May 17, 2006; 11:31am
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Re-Census-2006-statistics-tp583p603.html

Hi,

Tracey I totally agree with you. That's why I am disappointed that a)  
so much thrash is being wasted on whether or not the census form is  
accessible, thrash that has generated a lot of heat but not much  
light; and, b) the list doesn't seem to be concentrating on the  
issues that you have been posting about - that is, the civic access  
to data.

I agree that there are important issues to deal with related to these  
subjects - I don't think that a critique of the census form online is  
relevant to this mission. And I certainly don't think that drawing  
any conclusions about "government online" based on one census form is  
even a little bit useful. Rather, it is a meaningless distraction  
from the work that you have been trying to do.

MB

On 17-May-06, at 12:20 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:

> as many have pointed out we are trying to make social, economic,  
> political, environmental, health etc. data & information available  
> to Canadians.

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