Rick Mercers Rant - Scientists Muzzled Again

Science is under attack in Canada.

 

It's hard to have to write that, given that Canada has some of the leading scientists and research facilities in the world, but it's also hard to draw any other conclusion, based on what the federal government has been up to for the past 7 years.

Just from reading through Huffington Post's 'Stifling Science' page: They shut down the Office of the National Science Advisor, which advised the Prime Minister on issues of science, technology and the environment. They closed the doors of the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL), an important lab for studying the effects of climate change on the environment. They canceled the budgets of the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) — a facility known around the world for conducting exemplary science in the field of water quality — and the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) — which sought to mesh economic and environmental issues to keep Canada prosperous while maintaining a clean environment. The also withdrew the country from the Kyoto Protocol treaty on climate change.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/federal-government-turning-canadian-science-profit-only-221740661.html