Anil Arora is the currently serving

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, in office since 19 September 2016. He replaced Wayne Smith, who resigned to protest changes in

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's informatics infrastructure stemming from the

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initiative. Prior to his appointment, he had served as a career employee of Statistics Canada, reaching the post of Assistant Chief Statistician before moving to management positions in

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and then

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References

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