Wooieee – a Long Census Form and no Threat of Jail Term

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Wooieee – a Long Census Form and no Threat of Jail Term

I am just a dumb Canadian! I know that better now. I do not understand. What is all the fluff about with the Census thing? They have had this intrusive questionnaire for years and we have always tried to answer it honestly.

Actually it was my wife that did the answering as she was home when the Census Takers came to the door and she answered on “our” behalf.

It was during one of those times when they asked my wife what she did for work… my wife answered “Domestic Engineer” – meaning housewife – stay at home mom – someone that does all the things that keeps the home and family together.

The kind lady doing the Long Census snapped, “We cannot put that down!”

So my wife had been under threat of three months in Jail if she refused to answer… and if she gave what she thought was good answer… she was not allowed to say it that way. Kind of stupid – don’t you think?

If you do not live in our marvelous land you will not know that the Government has ordered that the Long Census Questionnaire be scrapped and that a shorter less intrusive one be used possibly… and that the threat of 3 months of jail for not answering be removed.

The Liberal Part of course saw the opportunity and screamed all kinds of stuff to say the Government was not fit to Govern… and that the dirty rotten Conservatives should be gone for changing things!

I get tired of it all – don’t you?

I am tired of being threatened on every side. The G8 and G20 were not in my life, but with the actions and reactions and the Billions of Dollars spent on this two months ago… getting rid of a Long Census Form and taking away jail terms… seems… well… a little non-plus.

I work in jails and with men in prisons. It is crowded there. There is not enough room as it is… let alone making more room for more stupid Canadians that would have to housed and fed by the Government for three months. Maybe they will use the cells in Toronto to take care of the “bad Census people”.

But then the Conservative Government just passed some legislation that will potentially keep people in Prison longer.

The only right thing is to get rid of a silly rule that would potentially put more stupid people in jail. I think they finally realized that the last and most recent law that was acted upon… is going to fill up the jug… and they haven’t got room now.

Brenda and Winston, friends of ours, described their stay at a Bed and Breakfast recently. It was nice. All their needs were taken care of… and the only problem that I could see was that they would have liked to stay longer.

B & W – if you can, refuse the compulsory Census… and they will give you three months in a B&B – at the government’s expense.

The article I just read stated that the Government is willing to give in a little – by stopping the threat of jail… no words will be used that way… so people are not frightened and don’t react with a negative vote… but they still will be sent to jail if they do not cooperate. At least that appears to be what the compromise is about.

I am looking forward to cutting my costs a little. I figure Jail is a good idea. It will save us buckets of dollars when we are housed by the state.

But remember I am a stupid Canadian. And stupid Canadians elect people that make rules for them to follow… stupid rules that keep us stupider… I think that is a word.

So I pray for my leaders. I try to pray honestly and openly for each one… but there are days that nothing quite makes sense. And this just happens to be one of those days.

Now the weird question that pops into my head… what if I answer wrong on the questions? What if I give them a misleading answer? What if I say something completely off the wall? How will all that wrong answering affect the outcome?

This will be fun.

~ Murray Lincoln ~
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Source:
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/31/george-jonas-drop-the-census-charade/