Tag: censorship

This is what an unmuzzled scientist looks like

Published January 9, 2014

The White House just did something you’ll likely never see from Stephen Harper’s office: release a YouTube video linking the polar vortex to climate change. “A growing body of evidence suggests that the kind of extreme cold being experienced by much of the United States as we speak is a pattern that we can expect […]

A new way to attack environmental groups

Published October 28, 2013

The Harper government hasn’t tried to hide its dislike for environmental groups. That became plainly obvious in 2012, when the federal budget created a special fund to target groups with charitable status to determine if they engaged in too much political activity. Environmental groups discovered what the budget announcement meant: auditors from Canada Revenue Agency […]

The politics of muzzling government scientists

Published October 22, 2013

It isn’t easy being a scientist for the federal government these days. That’s the clear message from new research released by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC). The union commissioned Environics Canada to “gauge the scale and impact of ‘muzzling’ and political interference among federal scientists.” Over 15,000 were invited to […]

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