The Census Sheikh

Hey all, following my last post about the controversy surrounding the mandatory long-form cancellation, here's some more information. Munir Sheikh was Canada's chief statistician. He was strongly in favour of the long form census, so-much-so that he resigned after it was cancelled. He complained that cancelling the mandatory long-form census would deprive the government of crucial data which cannot be attained with the National House Hold Survey. He was also appointed by Stephen Harper, if that makes any difference.

Here's an easily readable article:

http://www.timescolonist.com/Census+battle+important+give/4130924/story.html