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http://www.cbc.ca/mt_ept/stories/201...s-dispute.html

Munir Sheikh, the head of Statistics Canada, resigned Wednesday over the federal government's decision to scrap the mandatory long-form census.

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories...resign_100721/

The head of Statistics Canada has resigned after a controversial decision by the Conservatives to scrap the long-form census, saying a voluntary survey cannot become a substitute for a mandatory one.

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The Conservative government quietly announced that they would do away with the long-form census in June. Instead, more money will be spent on a voluntary survey that will be sent to more homes.

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Industry Minister Tony Clement told the Globe and Mail that Sheikh had discussed several options for dealing with the transition from a mandatory census to a voluntary survey. Sheikh was "comfortable with those options," Clement said.

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"(Sheikh is) clearly very unhappy with the government's position to dumb down the accuracy and reliability of the census," Fife told CTV News Channel Wednesday evening. "He's particularly unhappy with the fact that Tony Clement seemed to finger him as the one who supported this when in fact he doesn't."

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News of a voluntary census has created an uproar among provincial governments and major Canadian organizations.