It is important to understand the role of official statistics in relation to political belief since information, gained using scientific techniques in an effort to remove preconcieved ideas in favour of reality, is a fundamental cornerstone to policy making, implimentation, monitoring, review, and further refinement.

Superimposing world views on the creation of official statistics without informing users of the information is a sign not only of political decay but also of societal decay.

Therefore, it is imcubent on citizens to raise awareness of decay, including manipulation and corruption of official statistics in an effort to ensure quality.

Within the Home, Data Warning, and Journal webpages, I have provided details of the discrimination and corruption in the Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services.

Here, I provide an overview of how this is an age old problem in bureaucracies that can, and must be addressed.

The excerpt from my submission to the BC Human Rights Tribunal in December 2006 is followed by a brief description of the motivations for the unjustifiable discrimination

In a nation state, the population can be viewed in broad terms as being divided between urban and rural or those in cities and those in the wild. In statistics, we refer to organized and unorganized areas. People living in close proximity to each other (higher density) benefit from interdependence and give up some independence. Those who live in less populated areas benefit from being independent and give up some interdependence. These differences (dichotomies) can be taken a step further where citified / civilized people are said to place an emphasis on obedience and compliance while those living closer to the natural elements place an emphasis on self reliance and self discipline.

Historically, the tension between the two dichotomies resulted in cyclical change. In the "Outline of History", H.G. Wells suggested that rather than being engaged in the "cyclical changes between refreshment by nomadic conquest, civilization, decadence, and fresh conquest", the two communities are being transformed "into a new type of community." This modern community is a "mutual blending of "civilized," or obedient labouring, and "free," or aristocratic and adventurous, tendencies." p. 735 in the Outline of History

"Obedience, once men are broken to it, can be very easily captured and transferred". p. 738 in the Outline of History

Rather than forcing citizens into servitude, the nation state benefits from interdependence as well as active involvement of all people. This blended community is thought to be a way of avoiding the decadence and decay inherent in obedience and compliance as well as addressing the challenges facing democracies.

H.G. Wells continues by stating "Hitherto the government of states had been either authoritative, under some uncriticized and unchallenged combination of priest and monarch, or it had been a democracy, uneducated and uninformed".

The key to a healthy and successful nation state is to encourage and support an informed and consulted community. Education provided by both the state and by each individual is the corner stone of the blended community. In this government,

"the ordinary man is neither slave of an absolute monarch nor of a demagogue-ruled state, but an informed, inspired, and consulted part of the community. It is upon the word education that the stress must be laid, and upon the idea that information must precede consultation. It is in practical realization of this idea, that education is a collective function and a private affair, that one essential distinction of the "modern state" from any of its precursors lies. The modern citizen, [people] are coming to realize, must be informed first and then consulted. Before he can vote he must hear the evidence; before he can decide he must know. Until a man has education, a vote is a useless and dangerous thing for him to possess. The ideal community towards which we move is not a community of will simply; it is a community of knowledge and will, replacing a community of faith and obedience. Education is the adapter which will make the nomadic spirit of freedom and self-reliance compatible with the co-operations and wealth and security of civilization." p. 740 in the Outline of History

Writing in the 1920’s, H.G. Wells warns us that "the broad antagonism between the method of obedience and the method of will runs through history down into our own times. To this day their reconciliation is incomplete." I contend that the truth in Mr. Wells’ comment, as confirmed by the respondents’ discriminatory behaviour, can be extended well into the 21st century.

Within one month of being notified about the dismissal, I contested the decision and described many grounds for the discrimination to the BCGEU and the Deputy Minister (May 2006). The BCGEU and the Deputy Minister ignored this assertion. Within the 6 months timelimit, I informed the BC Human Rights Tribunal, of the same grounds. The BC Human Rights Tribunal found that none of the grounds were valid, except ancestry in December 2006. However, instead of hearing my case, the BC Human Rights Tribunal required me to go to the Supreme Court.

I informed the BCGEU of the likelihood of Ancestry as the grounds for dismissal in many letters from January 2007 to June 22, 2007. These were not addressed by the BCGEU; however, they were addressed by the contract lawyer who after nearly an hour of loudly accusing me of being a dispicable person (to summarize) she ended, more loudly, stating this is NOT A HUMAN RIGHT CASE.

After many more letters to the BCGEU and the LRB, the arbiter decided (October 2007) it was not a Human Rights case and that by raising the possiblity of this being a Human Rights case in my May 2006, I had gone down the wrong channel.

I appealed to the LRB in October 2007 and over 8 months later, near the end of June 2008, they decided to not allow arbitration to continue. I replied and again several months later, in October 2008, they agreed with themselves and the Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services to not allow a fair hearing into the real matters in dispute, namely the use of sub-standard and non-statistical methods to create and change population numbers used to justify opening and closing of public and private facilities.

The lawyer I paid $3,000 told me that the case was over and that I would look like a whiner if I pursued this case.

I contacted many lawyers (October 2008 to June 2009), and since the government was not providing any information I made a Freedom of Information request in March 2009. I was also informed that the government's orginial refusal to allow a human rights grievance in December 2005, was ill founded.... I did not have to prove that the Manager's accusation of having a mental/psychological disorder (said to make it impossible for me to control my behaviour) was true. The Executive Director of BC Stats had asked me if I had medical proof of Makes sense. Why did the BCGEU side with the Manager who had been a shop steward for many many years before being given the Manager position through a restricted process to ensure he got the job?

With this information, I made another submission in June 2009. Later that month the LRB dismissed my case again. Therefore I started going to the Ministers and the MLA. In October, I received some of the information requested using the Freedom of Information Act. Nonetheless, the contents revealed behind the scenes correspondance showing the efforts made by the BCPSA to ensure arbitration not be allowed, as well as other info such as the discussions about my description of the way BC Stats created the ElectionsBC numbers.

The LRB is under the same Ministry that fired me for raising concerns about the population numbers created, namely, the Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services. The BCGEU only needs to look at a case and decide not to proceed to ensure that the case will not be heard. Guess which ministry is responsible for Labour relations, and the application of the Labour Code .... the Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services.

When it became known, through a government survey conducted by BC Stats, that I come from many generations of rural Canadians with mixed ancestry there were many derogatory statements made about Aboriginals and people with mixed ancestry (see Journal March to June 2003 : Census population estimates for Aboriginals, and Spring 2004: Cheap wine causes Indian’s problems - Director, Population Section, BC Stats, D. O’Neil.

I contend that my political belief, place of origin, and ancestry at least partially explain the unjustifiable discrimination and lack of good will I was subjected to by the Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services.

I contend that by being resilient against corruption and for advocating the provision of reliable information and accountability, I was considered a threat and therefore subjected to a constructive dismissal, and denied natural justice and arbitration by the Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services.

I contend that the combination of my political belief (democratic), place of origin (rural), and ancestry (mixed European and Aboriginal) along with my results oriented, creative solutions, and innovations with the goal of providing reliable information and accountability, caused an interaction effect which at least partially explains the unjustifiable discrimination and lack of good will I was subjected to by the Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services.

In statistics, an interaction effect occurs when the independent variables react with each other and together they explain more about the variation in the dependent variable then they would when handled individually (like baking soda and vinegar). Therefore, it is important to examine these variables in combination with each other.

Decision making benefits from reliable information. Policy making benefits from reliable information. Planning for the future benefits from reliable information. Reliable information can save time, and costs while increasing quality of products and services. Unfortunately, tax funded organization can and do create an environment where information can become unreliable without users being aware. Corruption in bureaucracies and societies is an age old problem requiring vigilance and accountability. One way to cover up and maintain corruption is to fire those who provide solutions and will not submit to coercion.

I found a hierarchical world view pervading BC Stats Population Section, located in Victoria BC on Superior Street. The top-down sensibility was expressed in many ways, both structurally as well as interpersonally. Examples include deference to perceived superiority while being condescending to perceived inferiors. Superiors included the Ministry of Finance while inferiors were the so called "dirt" ministries, such as Forestry, Agriculture, and Mining. Hierarchical attitudes also extended to geographical location and aggregation. The highest importance was given to international, then provincial, than sub-provincial issues, with core areas considered more important than rural areas (where the dirt activities occur). Also, there was talk of Victoria BC being attractive to "elites"....like Dr. Charles Smith who moved to Victoria from Ontario.

In this manner, what was happening on the ground was considered less important than top-down imposition on the creation of official statistics. Herein, an emphasis was placed on appearance rather than on substance. If an analyst insisted on statistical methods, ground truthing, and reference to reality using scientific methods they would be considered confrontational and a threat that must be removed.

In my case, I come from small town, rural Canada with many generations of mixed European / Aboriginal ancestry. I have worked in the dirt type industries for many years and maintain and practical, results oriented approach to getting things done.

As mentioned, I contend that this combination of my insisting on the use of statistical methods to provide reliable information, as stated in my job description, and my admitting to having mixed European / Aboriginal ancestry in surveys I was required to fill out, motivated the Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services to discriminate against me by removing me from being responcible for projects, accusing me of making my co-workers, (the ones who had been yelling at me, coughing on my food etc.), fear for their safety (after I asked for help and mediation), refusing mediation, dismissing me, then ordering me to return to the antagonistic work environment and making counselling to address my "problem" a condition of employment, threatening me with dismissal for insubordination if I refused, then refusing arbitration.

For a description of the facts regarding the motivations for the discrimination please read the

For the revised submission which brings in more information about how the corruption of the population statistics is related to the discrimination and constitutes a Human Rights violation, please read the