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Canadian scientists aren't normally among the placard-waving crowd on Parliament Hill.
But today in Ottawa, scientists invoking an image of the Grim Reaper will take on the Stephen Harper government for what they call the "death of evidence" brought about by federal cuts to everything from the long-form census to closure of the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory in Nunavut.
"Scientists are generally not agitators, but this continuous set of decisions has got very many scientists hot under the collar," says Scott Findlay, a rally organizer and University of Ottawa ecology professor
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/st...sts-rally.html
Very interesting read on all the science and environment related cuts that have been made within the Federal government over the last several years. It seems awfully short-sighted to me to be making any cuts in these kind of fields in favour of the economy. In reality, if there is no environment, or the environment is not properly understood, there will be no economy. Obviously, we aren't really in dire straits, but I have to wonder if these kinds of cuts will continue beyond this budget, I think that would have to be somewhat concerning.