Looking back at the issue, Harper never seemed really sensitive or zealous about privacy issues in the past, at least around ones that accepted widely. Nor did he seem to gain any sort of strategic advantage out the debate --- polls showed support for the mandatory long-form census at margins...
...more difficult to create? From Canada ---
I am a strong Tory supporter, but was confused at abstract privacy reasons Harper gave in defense of the long-form census mandatoryness removal
But some critics cited how the less relaible census would prevent the gov't from accuratly gauging how...
An EU --- American Cold War?
A Pan-African Union?
Islam Illegalized in several Europeon countries?
A Christian majority
Turkey as a Great Power?
Rise of an Authortarian Indian regime?
Something fantastic, but arguably plausible
*Christian majority Africa