Hi there, The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario invites you to send an electronic action alert to the Prime Minister and the federal party leaders as part of the groundswell demanding the reversal of the decision to cancel the mandatory version of the long-form census. You can edit the letter with your own content or send as is if you are pressed for time. Thanks very much, Lynn Anne
To view the electronic action alert and to send a letter, please visit this link:
http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=122&ContentID=3269&SiteNodeID=403&BL_ExpandID=
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From: RNAO Home Office [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:35 AM
Subject: RNAO: Action Alert to Prime Minister Harper Reverse the Unwise Decision to Cancel the Long Form Census
Action Alert to Prime Minister Harper, Party Leaders, and the Minister of Industry: Reverse the Unwise Decision to Cancel the Long Form Census
July 20, 2010
Please Act Now! On June 26, 2010 it became public that the federal government has arbitrarily decided to cancel the 2011 long form Census and replace it with a less reliable voluntary survey. This hasty decision was taken without consulting the various levels of government, business, and civil society groups that depend on this data to inform evidence-based policy decisions.
In sharp contrast to the proposed voluntary survey that will be biased, unreliable, and not representative of the population, the long form Census has a response rate of over 95 per cent and provides "the only source of regular, highly detailed, systematic information on immigration, family and household structure, racialization, demography, and other vital information about Canadians." The risk of undercounting vulnerable groups such as new immigrants, Aboriginal Canadians, and those in lower socio-economic groups through a voluntary survey has the potential to impact our ability to best provide services as well as identify societal trends such the racialization of poverty, income inequality, hours worked without pay providing child and elder care, etc. The proposed changes will cost more and deliver less reliable data. The anecdotal rationale provided by Industry Minister Tony Clement of the long form Census as intrusive contrasts with the very few complaints received by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. For most households, the long form questionnaire requires less than 20 to 30 minutes on average and statistically, the average household will receive the long form once every 25 years.
Read RNAO's Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper with full references here:
http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=122&ContentID=3270&SiteNodeID=473&BL_ExpandID=
. Email the letter below to the Right Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada; Hon. Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Opposition; Hon. Jack Layton, Leader of the New Democratic Party; Hon. Gilles Duceppe, Leader of the Bloc Québécois; and the Hon. Tony Clement, Minister of Industry. You can edit the letter to share insights from your nursing practice and/or life experiences on why good data is needed to inform health and public policy decisions.
. Please share this action alert with your colleagues, neighbours, friends, and family and ask them to email as well.
To view the electronic action alert and to send a letter, please visit this link:
http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=122&ContentID=3269&SiteNodeID=403&BL_ExpandID=
Lynn Anne Mulrooney, RN, MPH, PhD
Senior Policy Analyst
Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
158 Pearl Street
Toronto, ON M5H 1L3
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