Thread by @nogenderid

This is the email I received from @StatCan_eng in response to my email regarding eliminating sex in crime stats & defs. of terms like "gender". Everyone feel free to add your comments. @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie They did not answer:
" 2. Can you please send me a link to a single publication of yours where you define ALL six of the following terms: "woman", "sex", "gender", "gender identity", "trans" and "transgender"?"

How can you collect meaningful stats without defining the key terms?

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie I asked if Statistics Canada has dropped sex as a category in reporting ALL crime.

This is what they wrote "Statistics Canada made a change to its approach to reporting crime statistics data. Data collected from police services now record both the victim’s and accused’s gender."

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie I infer from the rest of what they wrote, that @StatCan_eng dropped the sex category, not just added 'gender'.

"This was in response to the agency’s inclusion of the concept of gender to better reflect Canada’s diverse population following the 2016 Census. "

BETTER REFLECT

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie I asked: "4. Did you have any open, *public* discussion of these changes with the Canadian public, prior to removing the sex classification for some or all crimes?"

Instead they wrote back "Following extensive consultations and multiple provincial human rights legislation,"

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie .@StatCan_eng did not answer point:

"5. Which governmental and non-governmental organizations did you consult with in eliminating sex as a category for reporting crime."

What do @StatCan_eng have to hide? Who counselled you to eliminate sex as a category in crime statistics?

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie If anyone with legal knowledge comes across this, let me know if there exist means in Canada to compel @StatCan_eng to answer these questions about how they came to eliminate sex as a category in crime, and replaced it with 'gender', without any public discussion.

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie @threadreaderapp unroll I am going to post this also to glindr.org/@onthemark

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie Here is the letter I sent in reply to the non-answers that I received from @StatCan_eng. They did not answer my questions.
1) You stated that you added 'gender' but did not explicitly state that your removed sex as a category for crime statistics reporting. ...

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie 2) @StatCan_eng did not send me a link to an official publication of there's which defines these key terms for recording and analyzing crime statistics: "woman", "sex", "gender", "gender identity", "trans" and "transgender".

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie 4) Did @StatCan_eng have any open, public discussion of these changes with the Canadian public, prior to removing the sex classification for some or all crimes?

U did not answer if you openly consulted with the public prior to eliminating sex as a category in crime stats.

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie 5. Which gov. and non-governmental organizations did you consult with in eliminating sex as a category for reporting crime.

You did not answer this question. Who counselled Statistics Canada to remove 'sex' as a category for reporting victims and perpetrators of crime in Canada?

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie Stats. Canada will not answer my 5 questions.

In the US, there are FOIA forms that require gov. agencies to release answers to requests for info.

Is there a similar act in Canada?

What is the first step to filing a legal request for information from a government agency?

@StatCan_eng @TransRadically @cawsbar @WeAreFairCop @MForstater @JenniferAnne_s @Jenny_Randles @ConnieMarkie Statistics Canada has already made the changes being objected to by academics in Scotland regarding eliminating the sex question in favour of gender on their census. Please read the objection here:

https://twitter.com/mbmpolicy/status/1208044728861822977