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Concern over new Canadian Census Form Changes

Changes in the way census information will be collected due to privacy concerns is concerning many Canadians 
as well as the research community.
 
The long form questionnaire which contains valuable information for researchers and StatsCan will be eliminated 
and replaced with a new voluntary National Household Survey form and the results will never be released.

According to the Vancouver Sun story: "The idea of doing away with the long census questionnaire form,  
transferring the questions to the NHS and no longer releasing the information did not become public until Saturday, \
when it appeared in a  government publication."
Tories Scrap Mandatory Long Form Census – Globe and Mail
Census Change Under Fire – Vancouver Sun
The next Census will be in 2011.

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