Statcan fall survey

[perfecho]

In beef, it is mandated to register birth dates, so all the cards are on the table........face up except for the dealer 8-)

[checking]

For those that own a township of land, get use to being always on the statscan list.

The easiest way to avoid their probes is to indicate that you won't do surveys over the telephone. Please send the form thriugh the mail. Often they will say the survey results can't wait on a mailout. This gives you the opportunity to say, "well, I'm sorry, but I can't help you then."

Rarely, they will send a form, and when they call to ask why it wasn't returned, politely indicate that you would have returned it, but they failed to provide you with stamped envelope.

There is no need to to be nasty with them, afterall they are not Parsleys. (lol)

[Kodiak]

It would be interesting to hear the discussion around Statscan if someone there read this thread. Would they quit wasting their time and ours? If the posts above are any indication of what kind of garbage they get, it's worse than I thought! I don't know what kind of adjustments or tweaking they could possibly do to bring the real picture into focus. I will have any even more skeptical view of their numbers from now on.

[dave4441]

For many crops, they know the exact amount of exports because all goods are reported. Case in point is lentils in 08/09, we sold many more MT then farmers reported, so Stat Can continues to increase the fudge factor and eventually no one will have any idea how many are really around and then grower as well trade will have no idea. Most companies have their own calcs anyways and know when Stat Can puts out a poor #.

[bucket]

I have asked them to send/fax the law that says I have to answer. To date, I have not received that fax or a copy of the law that makes it a legal requirement.

Besides, here is the headline " Farmer jailed in October for failure to answer Statscan while trying to get his crop in"

Yeah that makes for good press.

Here is another great line. Ask them how much money they have in the bank. They say " its none of your business" and I proceed to tell them its none of their business or any of the grain companies they sell the info to, how much grain I have until I want to sell it.

[parsley]

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Not only does the government collect your info, they sell it. Pars

[parsley]

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<p class="EC_style8ptBK"><strong>[URL="http://www.statcan.gc.ca/about-apercu/act-loi-eng.htm"](Act)[/URL]</strong></p>

Read it bucket.

Go to Edit at the top of your computer

Type in "Find on this Page"

Type in agriculture

You are swacked.

Better to be "deaf."

[fjlip]

Voluntary surveys

8. The Minister may, by order, authorize the obtaining, for a particular purpose, of information, other than information for a census of population or agriculture, on a voluntary basis, but where such information is requested section 31 does not apply in respect of a refusal or neglect to furnish the information. 1980-81-82-83, c. 47, s. 41.

They are not phoning for the Census, therefore it must be voluntary and we can refuse?

[parsley]

GENERAL STATISTICS
General statistics
22. Without limiting the duties of Statistics Canada under section 3 or affecting any of its powers or duties in respect of any specific statistics that may otherwise be authorized or required under this Act, the Chief Statistician shall, under the direction of the Minister, collect, compile, analyse, abstract and publish statistics in relation to all or any of the following matters in Canada:

(a) population;

(b) agriculture;

[fjlip]

So we have a issue with the minister, who would that be?