Bill C-346

SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Statistics Act to require the Governor in Council to consult with the leader of every recognized party in the House of Commons before appointing the Chief Statistician of Canada and to make that appointment from a list of candidates submitted by a search committee appointed by the Minister designated by the Governor in Council for the purposes of that Act.

Further, this enactment provides that the census of population taken under section 19 of the Act must be taken using a long-form census questionnaire. It also removes the punishment of imprisonment for a person convicted of the offence of providing false or misleading information.