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The House
with Kathleen Petty

July 24, 2010

statscan.jpgGuest-host James Fitz-Morris chats with Canada's former Chief Statistician, Ivan Fellegi, about the change to the long form census. Pollster Nik Nanos gives us his take on the political thinking behind the change. A Danish statistician explains how Copenhagen collects census information about its citizens. Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief Shawn Atleo outlines the work ahead if he wants to get rid of the Indian Act in two to five years. Rotman School of Management professor, Wendy Dobson, discusses her new book "Gravity Shift: How Asia's New Powerhouses Will Shape the Twenty-First Century."
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July 17, 2010

clement_census.jpgGuest-host Susan Lunn grills Industry Minister Tony Clement about the government's decision to make the long form census voluntary. Michael Ignatieff begins his cross-Canada summer bus tour at a cheese factory in St-Albert, Ontario. The budget bill passed through the Senate this week... along with all of its non-budgetary add-ons. Susan discusses three of them. University of Moncton professor, Donald Savoie, talks about his new book, "Power: Where Is It?"

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Special Web Feature - The Federal Government Sculptor

queen_bust.jpgOn July 3, 2010, guest-host Rita Celli interviewed Phil White, Canada's Federal Government Sculptor. Here is that chat and a short documentary about his work.
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