No penalty for Sask. woman who refused census

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The Saskatoon woman found guilty after refusing to fill out a long-form census has received an absolute discharge.

Sandra Finley was found guilty last week in provincial court of violating the Statistics Act and faced a maximum fine of $500 and a jail sentence of three months.

Instead, Judge Sheila Whelan granted a discharge Thursday, which means there will be no penalty.

Finley, a community activist, refused to fill out the longer version of the 2006 federal census over concerns that Statistics Canada was using the services of Lockheed Martin Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of a U.S. defence contractor. The company was contracted to provide software and print the 2006 census questionnaire.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2011/01/20/sk-finley-sentence-1101.html
Thursday, January 20, 2011 | 4:29 PM CST

Fifty Years After Eisenhower’s Farewell Address, A Look at "Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex"
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/20/fifty_years_after_eisenhowers_farewell_address
http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2011/jan/video/dnB20110120a.rm&proto=rtsp&start=00:52:15

AMY GOODMAN: So, they get money from the Pentagon, from the U.S. taxpayer, and then decide who they want to elect.

WILLIAM HARTUNG: Essentially, they recycle our money into the political system, yes.

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