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troutman · 05-19-2015, 01:42 PM

Steve Campana, Canadian biologist, 'disgusted' with government muzzling

Fisheries and Oceans Canada biologist speaks out only after retirement

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...ling-1.3078587

"We have very strict directives of what we can say and the approval steps we have to go through, and very often that approval seems to be withheld for totally arbitrary reasons," Campana says.

He says government scientists often have to find their own funding, travel is often turned down and they are rarely allowed to talk to the media, even about their own groundbreaking research.

05-19-2015, 01:42 PM	#2333
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Steve Campana, Canadian biologist, 'disgusted' with government muzzling Fisheries and Oceans Canada biologist speaks out only after retirement http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...ling-1.3078587 "We have very strict directives of what we can say and the approval steps we have to go through, and very often that approval seems to be withheld for totally arbitrary reasons," Campana says. He says government scientists often have to find their own funding, travel is often turned down and they are rarely allowed to talk to the media, even about their own groundbreaking research.