Post Tagged with: "Death of Evidence"

Canada’s Information Commissioner to probe Harper’s muzzling of scientists

April 1, 2013 at 11:50 AM
Canada Death of Evidence 1 Canadas Information Commissioner to probe Harpers muzzling of scientists

 

Canada’s Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault has acceded to a request by the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria and Democracy Watch to investigate the Harper government’s muzzling of federal scientists, says a report in the Toronto Star.

The request had asked her office to investigate “systematic efforts by the government of Canada to obstruct the right of the media — and through them, the Canadian public — to timely access to government scientists.”

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Canadians Mourn The Untimely “Death of Evidence”

July 11, 2012 at 1:43 PM
“The Harper government is the most environmentally hostile one we have ever had in Canada.” – Maude Barlow, Chair of the Council of Canadians
Canada Death of Evidence 1 300x225 Canadians Mourn The Untimely Death of EvidenceAbout 1,500 scientists, lawyers, students and activists from across Canada gathered on Parliament Hill yesterday and held a mock funeral to mourn the death of Canadian evidence.  The rallying cry for this groundbreaking show of democratic outrage against Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his backward-looking Conservative government: “No science, no evidence, no truth, no democracy.”
The media has already extensively covered the event.  And so, I’ll try and do something a little different: bring you closer to the heart of the protest. Via what the activists said before, during and after the event. Via a couple of pics I snapped up at the event.

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In Ottawa, scientists to mourn the death of Canadian evidence

July 10, 2012 at 10:30 AM

death of evidence logo In Ottawa, scientists to mourn the death of Canadian evidenceCanadian scientists gather in Ottawa today to stage a funeral procession to protest the Harper government’s draconian cuts to federal scientific programs and systematic muzzling of Canadian scientists. The protest is sponsored by the Council of Canadians. It begins at the Ottawa Convention Centre at 12 p.m. ET and ends with a rally on Parliament Hill.

Organizations and programs gutted so far include: Environment Canada; Statistics Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; National Round Table on Environment and Economy; the National Research Council of Canada; the National Science Adviser; Law Commission of Canada, Experimental Lakes Area, the National Council of Welfare and the First Nations Statistical Institute.

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