Another national link that makes interesting reading re the long form in
Canada. The Globe and Mail has a series of articles re this issue
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/the-long-way-around-the-long-census/article1652670/
and if you want lots of reading
http://news.google.ca/news/more?q=globe+and+mail&hl=en&resnum=4&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dUkafSmbfU2D4sM6baOnIZ2dDKVbM&ei=a_dOTKSrF4O78gbnyfGXBg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&cd=1&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQqgIoADAA
MPs have even been called back from their summer recess to re-debate this
issue!! I hope they change their minds as it will have major implications
for the future of Canada
Juanita
Juanita Hatcher PhD
Director, Cancer Surveillance
Surveillance and Health Status Assessment
Population and Public Health
Alberta Health Services
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Martin Holt <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> For Heads of Quality, it is not uncommon, speaking from experience, for
> one's masters to attempt to force a way forward that is ostensibly wrong, to
> save money. Worse, they then expect you, as Head of Quality, to explain to
> the customers why the company have reneged on its promises, and to try to
> find a cheaper way forward with said customers. If Quality Managers, and
> dare-I-say it, QPs, resigned every time this happened, on solid principles,
> there would be a very rapid turnover of Heads of Quality across the clinical
> diagnostics and pharmaceutical industries.
>
> This link, however, is a bridge too far, and I understand the resignation
>
> What effect will it have? Will his successor be more "compliant"? If so,
> what effect will asking a third of households to voluntarily fill in the new
> census have, compared to 20% of households being asked to fill in the longer
> version? Will anyone be able to infer anything about Canada's people from
> the new, voluntary census, with any VALIDITY (there's that word again)? I
> think not.
>
> My fear now, is that in our new "BIG Society", that the government will
> think, "Hey, that'll save us a bundle...we'll go for that ! After all, look
> ~ Canada's done it !"
>
> Does anyone know if this voluntary approach to a census has been adopted by
> any other countries ?
>
> Best to all,
>
> Martin Holt
>
> Martin Holt
> Medical Statistician
>
> --- On Sat, 24/7/10, Quentin Burrell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>
> From: Quentin Burrell <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Census or not?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Saturday, 24 July, 2010, 20:01
>
>
> A colleague sent me the following:
>
>
> http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/StatsCan+boss+quits+over+census+mess/3305387/story.html
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Quentin Burrell
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