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The census debate has been raging for more than a month now. My first post on the government decision to make the mandatory long-form voluntary was on June 30th. Re-reading that post I am struck by how much this debate has spun out of control. The opponents are jumping up and down in outrage for what they call a radical ideological agenda. The reality is that the reform is a very moderate one.

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff correctly identifies consumer debt as an ongoing problem in the Canadian economy. Sadly he seems to misunderstand why systemic debt is so dangerous. Consumer debt is not a problem because it will reduce consumption, which only matters if you buy into the nonsensical Keynesian idea of the paradox of thrift. The true danger is if consumers (also known as people) don’t reduce their personal debt.

The Globe and Mail is reporting on a survey that shows that 76% of polled economists think that the long-form census should remain mandatory. An interesting number to be sure, but unfortunately the survey is completely unreliable.

You see, no one threatened anyone with fines or confinement to fill out this survey. If no one was under physical threat than how can we possibly trust the results?

I always find it amusing when Canadian left-wingers attack Prime Minister Stephen Harper for being a ”bully.”

Now, far be it from to stir the pot here at the Libertas Post, but a recent article by Rondi Adamson (’Naked Face – Unmasking 620 Protesters’) got me to thinking, which is never good.