Can someone explain why the long form census was such a big deal?
The long form census provides important demographic data that is often used to shape major decisions at all levels of government, most notably taxes and spending. Voluntary census forms, which replaced the long form census, do not provide accurate data for governments, since they are voluntary. That makes policy crafting a challenge. There were also accusations that Harper scrapped the long form census in order to muzzle Statistics Canada.
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