Mandatory Long-Form Census

Q137: By the end of 2016, will a law be passed to bring back the mandatory long-form census?
Yes: 20%

The Conservative government made the long-form census voluntary for the last census.  Some other governments and businesses have called for the mandatory long-form census to be reinstated (see article here) and a Liberal MP introduced a defeated private member's bill to do so (see article here).

A mandatory long-form census is only likely if the Liberals or NDP win the next election, which, according to my latest projection, has a 50% chance of happening.    Even then, I am not sure that it will be brought back; it is not clear that bringing back the mandatory long-form census is part of the Liberal or NDP platform.