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MarchHare · 07-23-2010, 01:57 PM

I don't get why opponents think listing the number of bathrooms in their homes is a huge invasion of their privacy. Chances are that info was already publicly available if your property was ever listed on MLS. Stating the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in a home is part of EVERY real estate listing. What are people so afraid of? How is the big bad government going to use this info to invade your privacy?

I think the real issue here (if there even is an issue and this isn't something invented by the CPC) is laziness from people who don't want to spend the time to complete the census. Privacy concerns are a red herring, since StatsCan has a very strict privacy policiy.

07-23-2010, 01:57 PM	#23
MarchHare Franchise Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present) Exp:	I don't get why opponents think listing the number of bathrooms in their homes is a huge invasion of their privacy. Chances are that info was already publicly available if your property was ever listed on MLS. Stating the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in a home is part of EVERY real estate listing. What are people so afraid of? How is the big bad government going to use this info to invade your privacy? I think the real issue here (if there even is an issue and this isn't something invented by the CPC) is laziness from people who don't want to spend the time to complete the census. Privacy concerns are a red herring, since StatsCan has a very strict privacy policiy.