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Stats Canada: Harassment
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| Bobby User Info... | Anyone have any experience dealing with Statistics Canada? This organization uses pressure tactics to try and force people to disclose private personal information. They cite the 'STATISTICS ACT', claiming providing this information is required by law. Their methods include frequent phone calls, and showing up at your door. What are your rights in this situation? How have others handled it? - Tue, 22 Feb 2005 1:04pm | ||
| Bobby User Info... | Did a little research...for every question from STATS Canada you refuse to answer, you can face up to 3 months in jail. Excerpt from Canada's STATISTICS ACT... 31. Every person who, without lawful excuse, (a) refuses or neglects to answer, or wilfully answers falsely, any question requisite for obtaining any information sought in respect of the objects of this Act or pertinent thereto that has been asked of him by any person employed or deemed to be employed under this Act, or (b) refuses or neglects to furnish any information or to fill in to the best of his knowledge and belief any schedule or form that the person has been required to fill in, and to return the same when and as required of him pursuant to this Act, or knowingly gives false or misleading information or practises any other deception thereunder is, for every refusal or neglect, or false answer or deception, guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both. http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/S-19/103699.html Wow, that is some fascist bullshit... - Tue, 22 Feb 2005 3:18pm | ||
| ROSS B AY User Info... | no speaky inglees.... - Tue, 22 Feb 2005 3:48pm | ||
| The Wolf User Info... | A/ Send an email to the address on the letter they leave that you don't feel comfortable talking to the person in your home(They are Creepy of making unwanted advances) and you would come to the office or fill in a mailed form but you don't want people in your home. B/ The Christopher Walken SNL Way The Census Census-Taker.....Tim Meadows Mr. Leonard.....Christopher Walken Census-Taker: Mr. Leonard? I'm with the U.S. Census Bureau. We sent you a Census form, but you failed to return it to us. Mr. Leonard: My mail is piled up like crazy. Census-Taker: Yeah. Well, I just need to fill out this Census form with you. Uh.. how many people live in this residence? Mr. Leonard:Oh, boy.. good question. I'm bad with numbers.. Maybe 80. Census-Taker: 80 people live in this apartment? Mr. Leonard: Seems high, doesn't it? Not 80. How about 4? I don't know.. I'm so bad at guestimating.. Census-Taker: Well, just take your time, and count. Mr. Leonard: Okay.. there's me.. my wife.. our plants.. we have some candy bars.. Census-Taker: Well, you know, we don't count candy bars or plants.. Mr. Leonard: Well, then, there's just the two of us. Boy, I really overshot with the 80! Census-Taker: Listen, don't worry about it. I'm gonna put you down as the Primary Resident, okay? Now, are you currently employed? Mr. Leonard: Yeah.. part of the time. Census-Taker: Well, you work part-time. How many days of the week? Mr. Leonard: Every day.. but just part of the day. From 9 to 5. Census-Taker: So, you work a full day? Mr. Leonard: I wouldn't say that. There are huge chunks of time.. at night.. where I'm just asleep. For hours. It's ridiculous. Census-Taker: No, it's not that ridiculous. Mr. Leonard, do you own or rent this apartment? Mr. Leonard: Sure. You have to ask one of the other 79 people. Census-Taker: You mean your wife? Mr. Leonard: Yeah. Census-Taker: Well, can I talk to her, then? Mr. Leonard: She won't answer you. She's a bobcat. Census-Taker: You got a bobcat in there? Mr. Leonard: Well, I have a permit. [ reaches into apartment and pulls out a sheet of paper ] Here you go. Census-Taker: [ examines paper ] This is a permit to run a nail salon. Mr. Leonard: Wrong one! Wrong one! [ pulls another sheet of paper out of his apartment ] Census-Taker: [ examines paper ] This is a permit to do street performances. Mr. Leonard: Yeah. My wife's a big part of the act. Census-Taker: [ shaking head ] You know what? Fine. [ changing subject ] Mr. Leonard, are you a citizen of the United States? Mr. Leonard: I have dual-citizenship with the United States and Florida. Census-Taker: Florida is a part of the United States. Mr. Leonard: Don't push your politics on me, pal. All's I know is when I turned 50, I was issued a Florida passport. [ hands him the "passport" ] Here you go. Census-Taker: [ examining "passport" ] Alright.. this is a novelty birthday card. And it says, "You're over the hill. Here's a passport to Florida." This is not a real passport. Mr. Leonard: I don't know.. you know? Whenever I go to Florida, I show it at the border, and they always let me in! Census-Taker: Listen, Mr. Leonard. A real passport wouldn't have a picture of a sexy nurse on it. This is a joke card. Mr. Leonard: Well.. it's a hell of a forgery! Census-Taker: [ exasperated ] Okay, let's just proceed as if this were going really well. Now, how long have you lived at this address? Mr. Leonard: Oh, man! There you go with the numbers again! Census-Taker: Just take your time. Mr. Leonard: Well, what do most people say? Census-Taker: That's not important! Mr. Leonard: I feel an enormous amount of pressure to get this right. I want to win that car! Census-Taker: [ shaking his head ] There's no car, Mr. Leonard! How long have you lived here? Mr. Leonard: Alright, when I moved in, it was the Spring, and Clinton was President.. I'd just gotten out of jail.. I'd say an hour. Census-Taker: Alright, let me go over this again, then. You are a convicted criminal, living alone in an apartment with a bobcat. And you work 56 hours a week as a street performer. Mr. Leonard: When you say it like that, my life sounds pretty damn good! Census-Taker: You know what? I've talked to a lot of people all over this country.. and your life is pretty damn good. You wanna get a beer? Mr. Leonard: You know, I'd love to, but.. [ points into apartment ] ..you know.. the ol' ball and chain.. Census-Taker: Alright. Take care. Mr. Leonard: Have a good one. [ returns into the apartment to find his bobcat/wife growling at him ] Again?! We just did it! - Tue, 22 Feb 2005 8:45pm | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | They phoned me one time years ago and pulled that and forced me into telling the information on questions I thought sketchy . One question I refused and they keep asking me if I was refusing to answer and giving me the jail trip , nothing ever happened . Fuck that pissed me off for weeks . This fucking government lackey telling me he could have me incarcerated for not answering their personal questions . I'm like how do I know you're even Statistic Canada or this wont bite me in the ass later on ? Nazi fucks ! - Tue, 22 Feb 2005 9:13pm | ||
| Luc User Info... | BBAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I wish I'd read that last time I had to talk to the census people! - Tue, 22 Feb 2005 9:17pm | ||
| john User Info... | Is your information really that valuable? - Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:42pm | ||
| SublimeKid User Info... | If you want to get them off your back tell them you work for a private company that does statistics and/or surveys. It works. - Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:58pm | ||
| nick User Info... | The cool part is apparently the government of Canada gave the rights to the next national census to Lockheed Martin, the world's largest weapon manufacturer. Weee! - Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:55am | ||
| gene User Info... | once i filled mine out like i was retarded and dyslexic (or whatever) and the dude harrassed me for like a week and finally got the landlord to let him in the building and threatened me with legal action. nice people. i told him i had a touch of the palsy and i couldn't really read or write very well. i gave him all false info except my address, and he left. i have only seen my picture on the wall of one post office to date so i'd say i got away with it. - Thu, 24 Feb 2005 5:54am | ||
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