text: From the New York Times, Aug. 2015:
  
  Canada's PM Harper's active promotion of ignorance extends into the functions of government itself.  Most shockingly, he ended the mandatory long-form census, a decision protested by nearly 500 organizations in Canada, including the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian Catholic Council of Bishops.
  
  In the age of information, he has stripped Canada of its capacity to gather information about itself.  The 9.5 Harper years have seen a subtle darkening of Canadian life.
  
  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/opinion/sunday/the-closing-of-the-canadian-mind.html
  
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