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The Liberal government’s effort to solicit public feedback about the newly downsized Memorial to the Victims of Communism is off to a rocky start.
Inexplicably, the online questionnaire posted Tuesday by the Department of Canadian Heritage is almost impossible to find, primarily because there’s no link to it on the department’s home page.
To find the questionnaire, people need to search the department’s website, locate the news release announcing the public consultation and click on a link embedded in the release.
Moreover, some of those who were able to locate the questionnaire Tuesday said they found the document had already been filled out. One questionnaire the Citizen linked to even included negative comments about the memorial made by another participant.
“Imagine my surprise to find that answers were ‘pre-selected’ on the survey site – already checked off as being the ‘best’ response,” Richmond resident Lynne Owen said in an email.
Owen tried again Wednesday and was able to fill out the questionnaire. But it opened on the final page instead of the first page. That, she said, “might be confusing to anyone who isn’t aware that there are a series of preceding questions.”
The Citizen notified Canadian Heritage of the apparent problems and asked why the department had not placed the survey on its home page. The department initially asked for more time to respond. But after that deadline passed, it did not respond to messages from the Citizen and never provided any further acknowledgement or explanation.
The victims of communism memorial – originally planned for a 5,000-square metre site near the Supreme Court of Canada – ultimately became a political liability for the former Conservative government, which put the project on hold pending the outcome of the Oct. 19 federal election.
The new Liberal government announced in December it would be redesigned, downsized and shifted to a much smaller site at the Garden of the Provinces and Territories.
It also promised to consult the public and incorporate its views on the memorial before launching a new national design competition. Those interested have until Feb. 16 to fill out the anonymous survey – assuming they can locate it.
dbutler@ottawacitizen.com
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Inexplicably, the online questionnaire posted Tuesday by the Department of Canadian Heritage is almost impossible to find, primarily because there’s no link to it on the department’s home page.
To find the questionnaire, people need to search the department’s website, locate the news release announcing the public consultation and click on a link embedded in the release.
Moreover, some of those who were able to locate the questionnaire Tuesday said they found the document had already been filled out. One questionnaire the Citizen linked to even included negative comments about the memorial made by another participant.
“Imagine my surprise to find that answers were ‘pre-selected’ on the survey site – already checked off as being the ‘best’ response,” Richmond resident Lynne Owen said in an email.
Owen tried again Wednesday and was able to fill out the questionnaire. But it opened on the final page instead of the first page. That, she said, “might be confusing to anyone who isn’t aware that there are a series of preceding questions.”
The Citizen notified Canadian Heritage of the apparent problems and asked why the department had not placed the survey on its home page. The department initially asked for more time to respond. But after that deadline passed, it did not respond to messages from the Citizen and never provided any further acknowledgement or explanation.
The victims of communism memorial – originally planned for a 5,000-square metre site near the Supreme Court of Canada – ultimately became a political liability for the former Conservative government, which put the project on hold pending the outcome of the Oct. 19 federal election.
The new Liberal government announced in December it would be redesigned, downsized and shifted to a much smaller site at the Garden of the Provinces and Territories.
It also promised to consult the public and incorporate its views on the memorial before launching a new national design competition. Those interested have until Feb. 16 to fill out the anonymous survey – assuming they can locate it.
dbutler@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/ButlerDon
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