The notes from the last Training and Capacity Building Working Group meeting have been posted to the site. See below to read the notes, or visit the TCBWG page for more information: http://communitydata.ca/tcbwg

On December 7, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, tabled a bill that proposes to reinforce Statistics Canada's independence through legislative amendments to the Statistics Act.

Targeted amendments will:

From May to November 2016, Global Affairs Canada held open consultations with the public to help shape an new international assistance policy. 

Here are some highlights (points that repeatedly came up) from the consultation events and written submissions:

The Data purchase and access working group (DPAWG) helps the Community Data Program management team identify data needs, improve data access, acquire data, and and address related technical concerns. See below for last meeting's notes or visit the DPAWG page for more notes and information: http://communitydata.ca/dpawg

Taxfiler data, or T1-derived datasets, are generated from individal tax files from the Canada Revenue Agency from the Income Statistics Division of Statistics Canada. These datasets are published on a yearly basis and are an increasingly important source of Canada-wide income data. What's included and how can we use taxfiler data?

The Government of Canada tabled its Fall Economic Statement, which proposed:

The Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) launched its 3^rd national report: How are Canadians really doing? The report compared eight domains of wellbeing from 1994 to 2014 and found a massive gap between GDP and our wellbeing. 

Report findings include: 

Using data from the 2006 Census of Population and the 2011 National Household Survey, transitions from wage and salary employment to self-employment were examined among new mothers. These new mothers are women who had no children under the age of 6 in 2006 when they were in wage employment, but had such children in 2011.