Quite true. The census debacle was an unprincipled attempt by Harpo to eliminate the inconvenient facts that would demonstrate that his right wing ideological plans were totally unsupported by reality and instead were designed to help his financial backers and screw average Canadians.

Trudeau's decision was forced on him by a decade of CON venal incompetence. It was courageous, principled and designed to save many, many millions of dollars.

As far as the Americans wanting their slice, ask them why they didn't go after the SS after WWII? There were thousands of possible cases to file, none involving children indoctrinated since age 7..