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{
"time": "2010-07-27 16:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Peter Coleman (President and Chief Executive Officer, National Citizens Coalition)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2071318\" data-originallang=\"en\">Yes, I think the biggest challenge for this committee is to deal with that issue by itself. I think it's a critical issue that has to be dealt with. I think in a civilized country like Canada, the threat of throwing somebody in jail because they don't want to fill out a census is ludicrous. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2071319\" data-originallang=\"en\">I believe there is good information to be gleaned in this area. But if you listen to all of these committee meetings, and I've been to several, the one special interest group that is not here right now is the Canadian taxpayer, who is afraid of big government and doesn't like big government and understands the duty to make sure information is there and can be valued and used in a proper way. But to think that somebody is going to be thrown in jail.... </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2071320\" data-originallang=\"en\">There are horror stories, as Greg Weston testified today, of people being intimidated and called at home. You must deal with this in your committee and stop that from going forward. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2071321\" data-originallang=\"en\">I don't believe you get accurate information when you threaten somebody like that, either. That's my personal belief. I think there has to be a balance between the privacy issue...the fact that we are a civilized country and not a banana republic that can use the threat of a gun to put pen to paper, if you will. I think that process is a really important issue for this committee to deal with. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2071322\" data-originallang=\"en\">I honestly believe some of these people today, too--there are all kinds of voluntary surveys done in this country for consumer products or what have you. They get very accurate information from voluntary surveys and polls and questions. There are dozens of cases. Banks use them, consumer products.... </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2071323\" data-originallang=\"en\">So I think you can get good information from a voluntary situation. I think there's a better explanation required for the Canadian taxpayers of what's going on here as well. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2071318\" data-originallang=\"en\">Oui, je pense que c'est justement la plus importante question \u00e0 r\u00e9gler pour votre comit\u00e9. C'est un probl\u00e8me crucial qu'il faut absolument r\u00e9gler. Dans un pays civilis\u00e9 comme le Canada, je juge ridicule de menacer de jeter quelqu'un en prison parce qu'il ne veut pas remplir un formulaire de recensement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2071319\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je pense qu'il y a de bons renseignements \u00e0 glaner dans ce domaine. Mais si vous avez suivi toutes ces r\u00e9unions de comit\u00e9, et j'ai assist\u00e9 \u00e0 plusieurs, le groupe d'int\u00e9r\u00eat qui n'est pas repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ici est celui du contribuable canadien, qui a peur de l'emprise de l'\u00c9tat et n'aime pas l'\u00c9tat tentaculaire, mais comprend le devoir de fournir l'information et l'obligation de l'exploiter de la bonne fa\u00e7on. Mais de l\u00e0 \u00e0 penser que l'on va jeter quelqu'un en prison...</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2071320\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme Greg Weston l'a indiqu\u00e9 aujourd'hui dans son t\u00e9moignage, on ne compte plus les histoires d'horreur de gens qui se font intimider et appeler chez eux. Votre comit\u00e9 doit r\u00e9gler ce probl\u00e8me et emp\u00eacher que cela se reproduise.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2071321\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne crois pas non plus que vous pouvez obtenir des renseignements fiables en mena\u00e7ant les gens de cette fa\u00e7on. C'est mon opinion personnelle. Je pense qu'il faut trouver un \u00e9quilibre entre la protection de la vie priv\u00e9e... le fait que nous sommes un pays civilis\u00e9 et non une r\u00e9publique banani\u00e8re qui peut mettre un pistolet sur la tempe des gens pour les obliger \u00e0 prendre la plume, en quelque sorte. J'estime qu'il s'agit l\u00e0 d'un probl\u00e8me r\u00e9ellement important que le comit\u00e9 doit r\u00e9gler.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2071322\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je crois sinc\u00e8rement aussi que certains... Il se fait toutes sortes d'enqu\u00eates d'opinions facultatives dans ce pays, pour les produits de consommation et tout ce que vous voudrez. Ces enqu\u00eates, sondages et questionnaires produisent des renseignements tr\u00e8s fiables. Il existe des douzaines de cas. Les banques les utilisent, les produits de consommation...</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2071323\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je pense donc que l'on peut recueillir de bons renseignements en utilisant une m\u00e9thode facultative. Je suis \u00e9galement d'avis qu'il faudrait mieux expliquer la situation au contribuable canadien.</p>"
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