Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, 43 Templeton St., Ottawa, ON K1 N 6X1.
Can J Public Health. 2011 Nov-Dec;102(6):414-6. doi: 10.1007/BF03404189.
The discontinuation of the Canadian long-form mandatory census presents a crisis for data users. Examined as a tension between the need to preserve individual civil liberties and the need to curtail those liberties for the public good, the census crisis presents an opportunity for a public discussion on the specifics of our national values, beliefs and expectations.
加拿大长期强制性人口普查的终止给数据用户带来了危机。从需要维护个人公民自由与为了公共利益限制这些自由之间的紧张关系来审视,人口普查危机为我们就国家价值观、信仰和期望的具体内容展开公开讨论提供了一个机会。