Opinion: Statistics Canada has gone woke and it’s affecting its data – Mayerthorpe Freelancer

Dec 03, 2024

A new study on alcohol use collected but withheld data on Indigenous Canadians and randomly assigned binary respondents to Men+ and Women+

Statistics Canada is tasked with collecting, collating and publishing accurate information about the Canadian experience. Things it shouldn’t do: hide information from the public and randomly distribute the data it collects. A recent Statistics Canada report does both.

In October, Statistics Canada released the results of a survey of the drinking habits of Canadians. “A snapshot of alcohol consumption levels in Canada” asked Canadians how much they had drunk in the previous seven days. According to the topline figure, not much.

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