With time running out, one urgent question will rise above all others when Tony Clement meets a House of Commons committee Tuesday morning to defend the Conservative government's decision to water down the 2011 census: Is there a will and a way to compromise?

The Industry Minister testifies at 9 a.m. (ET) before the industry committee over the Conservative government's decision to scrap the mandatory long-form version of the 2011 census, replacing it with a voluntary survey instead.

Read the entire Globe and Mail article here.