TRUDEAU: STATS CAN DATA GRAB IS HARPER'S FAULT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending a decision by Statistics Canada to compel banks and financial institutions to release the personal transaction data of 500,000 people without their consent.
Trudeau said his government would ensure that all personal information would be protected and the anonymized data will be used for statistical purposes only.
“It was the Conservative government who chose to stop the long-form census,” Trudeau shot back. “What that led to was more policy based on ideology and less policy based on evidence like we are doing now. Their attacks on data and information continue.”