Ryan Berlin and Big Cities Summit

Big Cities Summit: The loss of a mandatory long-form census was raised as a critical issue at the Big Cities Summit earlier this week, which was attended by 19 mayors from across Canada including Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson. , according to CBC. "The mandatory long-form census is such a rich source of comprehensive information on communities across the country and here in B.C.," said Berlin. It tougher to make the informed decisions about city infrastructure without the data from the long-form census, says Ryan Berlin, an economist and demographer working with the Urban Futures Institute in Vancouver. In 2010, the Harper Government decided to scrap the mandatory long form census and replace it with a voluntary National Household Survey. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.