OK – now this is not satire. This is REAL news. I’m NOT making this up. I read it on the subway on my way home from work.

Clement defends census decision: TELLS COMMONS COMMITTEE HE WILL MAKE A FEW COMPROMISES

[quote]”He (Clement) has told a Commons committee that he would include questions on official languages in the mandatory short census form — questions that were about to become part of a new voluntary survey. And he says the results of that new survey, which replaces the mandatory, long census, will be made available to researchers in 92 years. But those were the only concessions Clement would make on the decision…”[/quote]

Gary Shaul

Gary Shaul is a life-long Torontonian and retired Ontario civil servant. He's been involved with a number of issues over the past 45 years including trade unionism, proportional representation, Indigenous...