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> There seems to be a little bit of confusion here... 2 different
> discussions regarding the Census happening simultaneously.
>
> 1) Making Census data more freely available
> 2) Census 2006 on-line submission form for Linux users
>
> We're effectively beating a dead horse on the Linux issue... People
> complained, StatsCan initially denied their claims were relevant, but
> soon gave in. Horray! Threads about 1) seem to keep getting hijacked
> by 2)... The petition proposed is related to 1)... not 2) !
>
> The issue actually under discussion is getting the *results* from the
> 2006 Census out to the public -- not the generic "the population of
> nunavut is x", but the raw anonymized data, with which an unknown wealth
> of knowledge exists but sits unused due to the $1000 per mini-set price
> tag.
>
> Glancing at the Statistics Act, it seems the StatsCan policy on cost
> recovery has no basis in the legislation. I'd like to see us aim to get
> a new section (3f) added to the act, which would add a responsibility
> for StatsCan to disseminate all data freely.
>
> Cory.
>
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