Black’s back; Stat stuff; and Semrau talks: Thursday’s A1 headlines and political daybook
Afghanistan's deadline; crime stats and lots of hockey news : Listen to my four-minute audio roundup of what's on the front pages of the country's newspapers plus highlights from Wednesday's political daybook by clicking on the link below.
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Saskatchewan flooded out
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It’s not news that Saskatchewan’s had major flooding this year, but it was striking flying over it last weekend. I’m used to seeing the green and yellow patchwork of fields, but now it looks like somebody’s taken a paintbrush and some black paint and splattered it all over the view. There’s water everywhere and the [...] |
I stand corrected. Something else for Clement to fix.
| I wrote in an earlier blog post that the rest of the data coming from Stats Canada would be called into question if the hyperventilating from the experts cited by other media were true.
From the earlier post
Postmedia, the people that used to be called CanWest, quote Ivan Fellegi, a man who worked at Stats [...] |
Industry Minister Tony Clement on StatsCan chief’s resignation
| This just in from Industry Minister Tony Clement:
I acknowledge with regret the resignation of Munir Sheikh, the Chief Statistician of Canada.
There has been considerable commentary about the federal government’s decision to replace the 2011 mandatory census long form with the voluntary National Household Survey.
The Government took this decision because we do not believe Canadians should [...] |
Censusmania – Who cares outside of Ottawa?
| Did you hear that the country is about to stop working? That governments across the country will never be able to make an intelligent, sensible decision ever again?
Well none of that is true but you would think it were given the hyperventilating going on in official Ottawa these days. Opposition parties are in a tizzy, [...] |
Suicide by cop, county billed for strip club romp, and could Black be back?: Tuesday’s A1 headlines and political daybook
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Suicide by cop, a county warden’s strip club bill and could Black be back? : Listen to my four-minute audio roundup of what’s on the front pages of the country’s newspapers plus highlights from Tuesday’s political daybook by clicking on the link above.
You can also get these audio summaries automatically every day via podcast from [...] |
No 9/11 flix on Air Canada; affirmative action review; uproar in the art world: Friday’s A1 headlines and political daybook
9/11 movies not allowed at Air Canada; reviewing affirmative action; and art world rocked: Listen to my four-minute audio roundup of what's on the front pages of the country's newspapers plus highlights from Friday's political daybook by clicking on the link below.
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His own words: StatsCan chief resigns over census flap
"I want to take this opportunity to comment on a technical statistical issue which has become the subject of media discussion. This relates to the question of whether a voluntary survey can become a substitute for a mandatory census. It can not. Under the circumstances, I have tendered my resignation to the Prime Minister." |
Aghanistan’s deadline, crime stats, and lots of hockey news: Wednesday’s A1 headlines and political daybook
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Afghanistan’s deadline; crime stats and lots of hockey news : Listen to my four-minute audio roundup of what’s on the front pages of the country’s newspapers plus highlights from Wednesday’s political daybook by clicking on the link above.
You can also get these audio summaries automatically every day via podcast from iTunes or via an RSS [...] |
CBC is unhinged over WikiLeaks
| The CBC has truly lost its collective mind over the WikiLeaks release of the Afghan war logs. Despite denials from the families involved, despite denials from military officials and readily available eyewitness accounts, CBC continues to pretend that perhaps, just maybe the government is lying and four Canadian soldiers were killed by an American bomb.
I [...] |
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