Census uproar impacts 'broader narrative' of PM's relationship with public service

The uproar over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's political interference in the 2011 mandatory census has "legs" and a deeper impact than the government expected that could influence an election if one is held this fall, pollsters and opposition MPs say.

They tell The Hill Times the order that Statistics Canada replace the mandatory long form of the national census with a voluntary and more costly questionnaire will remind voters of a string of incidents in which his government interfered with the public service—in this case leading to the resignation of the country's chief statistician—since Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.)

Census uproar impacts 'broader narrative' of PM's relationship with public service

The uproar over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's political interference in the 2011 mandatory census has "legs" and a deeper impact than the government expected that could influence an election if one is held this fall, pollsters and opposition MPs say.

They tell The Hill Times the order that Statistics Canada replace the mandatory long form of the national census with a voluntary and more costly questionnaire will remind voters of a string of incidents in which his government interfered with the public service—in this case leading to the resignation of the country's chief statistician—since Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.)

Census uproar impacts 'broader narrative' of PM's relationship with public service

The uproar over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's political interference in the 2011 mandatory census has "legs" and a deeper impact than the government expected that could influence an election if one is held this fall, pollsters and opposition MPs say.

They tell The Hill Times the order that Statistics Canada replace the mandatory long form of the national census with a voluntary and more costly questionnaire will remind voters of a string of incidents in which his government interfered with the public service—in this case leading to the resignation of the country's chief statistician—since Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.)

Census uproar impacts 'broader narrative' of PM's relationship with public service

The uproar over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's political interference in the 2011 mandatory census has "legs" and a deeper impact than the government expected that could influence an election if one is held this fall, pollsters and opposition MPs say.

They tell The Hill Times the order that Statistics Canada replace the mandatory long form of the national census with a voluntary and more costly questionnaire will remind voters of a string of incidents in which his government interfered with the public service—in this case leading to the resignation of the country's chief statistician—since Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.)

Census uproar impacts 'broader narrative' of PM's relationship with public service

The uproar over Prime Minister Stephen Harper's political interference in the 2011 mandatory census has "legs" and a deeper impact than the government expected that could influence an election if one is held this fall, pollsters and opposition MPs say.

They tell The Hill Times the order that Statistics Canada replace the mandatory long form of the national census with a voluntary and more costly questionnaire will remind voters of a string of incidents in which his government interfered with the public service—in this case leading to the resignation of the country's chief statistician—since Prime Minister Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.)

Civil liberties lawyers, MPs gathering evidence against G20 summit arrests

Civil liberties lawyers and Parliamentarians are gathering evidence they say will show Toronto police systematically violated legal and human rights as they quelled protests with the largest mass arrests in Canadian history at the G20 leaders' summit in Toronto last month.

The evidence includes eyewitness accounts from lawyers who acted as monitors during the protests where police arrested 1,105 people, including bystanders, lawful protesters and some of the legal monitors, but released more than 900 with no charges.

Up to six lawyers who volunteered as monitors with the Osgoode Hall Law Union were swept up by police and have

Civil liberties lawyers, MPs gathering evidence against G20 summit arrests

Civil liberties lawyers and Parliamentarians are gathering evidence they say will show Toronto police systematically violated legal and human rights as they quelled protests with the largest mass arrests in Canadian history at the G20 leaders' summit in Toronto last month.

The evidence includes eyewitness accounts from lawyers who acted as monitors during the protests where police arrested 1,105 people, including bystanders, lawful protesters and some of the legal monitors, but released more than 900 with no charges.

Up to six lawyers who volunteered as monitors with the Osgoode Hall Law Union were swept up by police and have