Mandated Agriculture Census Meets Farmer Dissent, Evasion

Mandated Agriculture Census Meets Farmer Dissent, Evasion
A farmer moves a conveyor from storage bins on his farm near Lisiuex, Saskatchewan, in this file photo. CP PHOTO/Adrian Wyld
Lee Harding
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This month Statistics Canada will conduct its first mandatory Census of Agriculture since 2016, but some farmers say the government won’t find out much.

Years ago, a farm wife told this reporter how she explicitly told a census taker on the phone: “I’ll tell you the truth this time, but I can’t promise you I will next time. And I know most of my neighbours don’t.”

Lee Harding
Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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