Gordon A. Watts
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:34:35 -0700
Greetings All. Contrary to my expectations, the INDU Committee meeting held today on the issue of the mandatory long-form Census questionnaire was not broadcast by CPAC. (This proves the old adage about what happens when one 'assumes' something) It was however, broadcast on the government ParlVu website as expected. Unfortunately, the bandwidth available to me in the RV park in which I am staying was insufficient to allow my viewing the proceedings.
On contacting the people at CPAC I was advised that the proceedings of the meeting will be televised on CPAC, starting at 1:30 pm Ottawa time, Sunday, 29 August 2010. CPAC further advised the following: "MPs are continuing to study a plan to change Canada's long-form census. Several witnesses are appearing to discuss the controversial proposal, which would make the long form voluntary but sent to more homes. The first panel features Mel Cappe, president of the Institute for Research in Public Policy, Ian McKinnon, chair of the National Statistics Council, Joseph Lam, vice-president of the Canada First Community Organization, James Turk and Michael Ornstein from the Canadian Association of University Teachers, Climent Chartier, president of the Mitis National Council, and farmer James Henderson." Gordon A. Watts Co-chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC Permission to forward without notice is granted. ___________________________________________ nsroots mailing list nsroots@ednet.ns.ca http://mailman.ednet.ns.ca/cgi-bin/listinfo/nsroots