Canada: Voluntary Survey

voluntary survey: The survey has been a "success" and those who criticize it are "doing Canadians a disservice," Wayne Smith told the Globe and Mail in an interview, according to Huffington Post. Many critics say the voluntary survey is not as reliable as the census, since ultimately it's a poll with a margin of error . They fear inaccurate government data could lead to bad planning and poor policy and Though he admits Canada's new voluntary household survey has had some failures, Canada's top statistician is defending the Harper government's decision to replace Canada's mandatory long-form census with a voluntary household survey. Its irresponsible to try and dissuade Canadians from using what is an extraordinary rich and powerful database. To make them nervous about that is I think irresponsible. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.