These programs are very costly and the government has to weigh the value of keeping them going. The CBC article glosses over some key points. The Liberals as well tried to shut down the Experimental Lakes Program so there's obviously some merit to cutting the program in that the government has felt for a while the program wasn't generating enough information to keep it going.
Also the article fails to state that a new High Arctic research station is to be built in Cambridge Bay. The federal government provided direct support for Pearl but the Pearl scientists failed to get grants for the rest of the money needed to keep it going.
A lot of this is simply job preservation for scientists and an excuse fo Liberal supporters to promote their Convervative 'Agenda' hogwash.
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