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Conservatives' census decision could affect party's outreach to ethnic Canadians

'Any rationalization to say this is a vote winner is a stretch, for any group of Conservatives,' says Nanos

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to scrap the mandatory long form of the national census will threaten millions of dollars worth of funding for multicultural programs and—on a wider scale—undermine the integrity of information used to apply employment equity legislation across the country, say pollsters, MPs and visible minority leaders.

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Conservatives' census decision could affect party's outreach to ethnic Canadians

'Any rationalization to say this is a vote winner is a stretch, for any group of Conservatives,' says Nanos

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to scrap the mandatory long form of the national census will threaten millions of dollars worth of funding for multicultural programs and—on a wider scale—undermine the integrity of information used to apply employment equity legislation across the country, say pollsters, MPs and visible minority leaders.

  

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