[DM] On how gutting national statistics bureaus harms countries, e.g. Canada 2014

[rfmcdonald]

At long last, I've got a post up at Demography Matters making the point, based on the sad experience of Canada and the gutting of Statistics Canada, that we need good national statistics agencies collecting data if we--as individuals, as governments--are to respond accurately to our changing world.

Please, go read.