This page will host the information for the Court Challenge being conduced by CCSD, CSDS and many of its members.  This content is private and we ask that you keep it within the network.

• CASSA stands for Council of Agencies Serving South Asians and will be part of the court challenge (email Peggy Taillon - Sept. 27, 2010)
• Draft Notice - Equal Right to be Counted
• CONFIDENTIAL - Info on Affidavit Correspondence Sept. 27, 2010

  • description of group or organization (history, mandate, services provided)

  • description of community served by organization (numbers, ethnic origin, socio-economic status) and barriers it faces (socio-economic, systemic discrimination)

  • importance of census data for this community (sense of identity & belonging, example of how census data is used by members of community to determine "place" in Canada or the barriers they face)

  • importance of census data for organization (evaluating needs, barriers, tailoring services, specific examples of how it is used - such as Color of Poverty Campaign)

  • potential impact of being excluded from census (takes away voice of group already under-represented in political process, message that group does not count)

• Introduction Correspondence - Taillon & Fellegi by Lauriault

• Taillon Short Update