Feb. 4, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Ted Hsu knows he doesn’t stand a chance.
‘As Canadians we should have good data’: Why Ted Hsu tilts at census windmills
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Data deficit: How are Canadians coping sans long-form census?
January 30, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Canada’s long-dead long-form census is in the news again.
Liberal MP Ted Hsu’s private members bill, which proposes to bring it back but eliminate the threat of jail time for those who don’t fill out the mandatory long-form census, has brought the issue back to the fore – even though the bill has scant chance of passing when it’s put to a vote in a majority Conservative House of Commons next week.
But if Canada’s gold standard of population data’s gone for good, what does that mean for the individuals, governments, businesses, planners, health authorities (essentially, everyone) who depended on it?
Sex ed: Can Ontario give its walkman-era curriculum a 21st-Century makeover?
September 4, 2014 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Kim Martyn has a question she asks parents who may be leery of their kids getting sex education at school.
“How many of your children watch television? How many of your children have access to a computer or anything online without you sitting there?”
Health officials starved of census data pay for local info of their own
August 27, 2014 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Public health bodies across Canada, starved of census data, are paying for pricey surveys to collect their own local info but say they’re still flying blind on decisions that affect public health and taxpayer dollars.
Stop automatically disclosing suicide attempts, privacy czar tells cops
April 14, 2014 – Global News
Stop sharing information on individuals’ suicide attempts with other police forces unless the people in question pose a danger to others, Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner is telling police.
Where to find singles, and syphilis, in Canada
A Valentine’s Day special from the Investigative Data Desk.
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