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BY SHANNON PROUDFOOT, POSTMEDIA NEWS - May 5th, 2011 Census forms have dropped into mailboxes across Canada in advance of collection day on May 10. But after months of controversy, Statistics Canada is grappling with how to explain the process to citizens and convince them to participate. Given the heated debate over the government's changes to the census, the agency anticipated some public confusion around the questionnaires, said census manager Marc Hamel. Yet at this early stage, things are going smoothly. "I think everyone understands that we're doing it the way we're doing it in 2011, so we have to do the best we can to make it a success," he said. "If there is going to be some confusion, we might only see it later on." The mail-out of more than 12 million census packages began Tuesday, he said, while Statistics Canada hand-delivers forms where Canada Post doesn't provide direct delivery. |
