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Stats Canada Planning To Ask Gender Questions In ‘Pilot’ Census – And Answering Is Mandatory | CBC News

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 mdbincbi

Next year, Statistics Canada is going to be asking 250,000 Canadian households some personal questions it has never asked before — and answering them honestly is mandatory. The agency is conducting what it calls a “pilot” census next May and June to road-test questionnaires and procedures for the next full-scale census, set for 2021. After more than a year of consultations with data users, Statistics Canada has decided to add detailed personal questions – and needs to be sure they are properly answered to ensure the test is valid. Read full story…

CBRM Mayoral Candidates Raked In Business Donations Under ‘Wild West’ Rules – Nova Scotia – CBC News

April 20, 2017 mdbincbi

Close to 60 per cent of campaign donations in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality’s 2016 election came from businesses and unions, a CBC News investigation has found. That’s a higher rate than the Halifax Regional Municipality, where only 37 per cent of donations came from those sources. Unlike provincial and federal elections, municipal elections in Nova Scotia have no restrictions on who can donate, or how much. “The question is whether a reasonable person looking at it would think there is a potential to be influenced,” said Guy Giorno, an…