I must confess, one of the reasons why I am so engrossed in the issue of the long-form census is that I am a genealogist. And not just as a hobby – I’ve actually gotten paid to do research for others and even compiled a 1,300 page, 5 volume genealogy o…
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Runesmith's Canadian Content: Fun Facts About the Census
I must confess, one of the reasons why I am so engrossed in the issue of the long-form census is that I am a genealogist. And not just as a hobby – I’ve actually gotten paid to do research for others and even compiled a 1,300 page, 5 volume genealogy
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: Fun Facts About the Census
I must confess, one of the reasons why I am so engrossed in the issue of the long-form census is that I am a genealogist. And not just as a hobby – I’ve actually gotten paid to do research for others and even compiled a 1,300 page, 5 volume genealogy
Continue readingPop The Stack: Census is too intrusive, says Idiot.
Oh my God, I can’t believe Warren Kinsella is such an idiot. I’m sorry, did I say that out loud? I didn’t mean to read this story, it just happened, and now it can’t unhappen and I’m very upset. Call me crazy, call me anal, call me “someone who understands statistical methods” or “someone who […]
Pop The Stack: An Economist Who Doesn’t Want More Data? UCalgary Called, they Want their Degree Back.
Witness Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first non-lawyer to lead this great nation since Lester B. Pearson. Bachelors and Masters degrees in Economics from the fabled University of … Calgary. He dropped out of UofT. And Witness Tony Clement, proud UofT graduate in Political Science and Law and one of the architects of Mike Harris’ Common Sense […]
Runesmith's Canadian Content: Harper’s Idiocracy
One thing you’ve got to love about Libertarian-leaning Conservatives: they have absolutely no sense of irony. James Travers has yet another excellent op-ed in The Star today on the census, where he elaborates on the difference between facts and truthiness: In an instructive moment here a couple of years ago,
Continue readingJacked Up: The Arts
So according to the 2001 census as reported today by CBC radio one, the average earnings for someone who made their living from the arts was $22,000 dollars annually. Not only that, but since then it has decreased by a third, to $14,000 dollars per year. These figures are even
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