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Kent defends muzzling as “established practice”
OTTAWA-Controlling the free speech of Canadian scientists who work for the government is an “established practice,” says Environment Minister Peter Kent. Responding to a Postmedia News report, Kent...
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Kent outraged by “misquote”– says scientists are “spreading the good news”...
OTTAWA-Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent is outraged about quotes taken from his own remarks about government efforts to control the free speech of scientists in his department. After being...
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Scientists will talk to journalists who make ‘reasonable requests,’ says...
Environment Canada scientists are allowed to give interviews when journalists make “reasonable” requests, the department’s minister Peter Kent said today near the end of a four-hour session in the...
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Peter Kent’s department discouraged media coverage of global warming summit,...
OTTAWA – Environment Minister Peter Kent’s department tried to minimize Canadian media coverage of its contribution to a major international scientific assessment report that highlighted evidence...
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Top federal bureaucrats stayed mum during discussion about silencing of...
At first, a top Environment Canada official seemed game to discuss “unmuzzling” government scientists during an international science conference earlier this year. “I would be very interested in...
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Scientist calls new confidentiality rules on Arctic project ‘chilling’
A bid by the federal government to impose sweeping confidentiality rules on an Arctic science project has run into serious resistance in the United States. “I’m not signing it,” said Andreas Muenchow...
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‘Muzzling’ of federal scientists called a threat to democracy
Federal Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault has been asked to investigate the way the Harper government has been “muzzling” federal scientists. The request, accompanied by a report on the...
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Information commissioner to investigate ‘muzzling’ of federal scientists
The federal information commissioner’s office is launching a sweeping investigation into complaints that the Harper government has been ”muzzling” and restricting access to scientists. Seven federal...
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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne works to save federal freshwater research...
OTTAWA – The Ontario government is offering to save a world-renowned freshwater research facility, the Experimental Lakes Area, that is having its federal government funding cancelled. Premier Kathleen...
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Harper government touts research record as report suggests Canada falling behind
OTTAWA — Federal Science and Technology Minister Gary Goodyear touted the Harper government’s track record in support of discovery research Tuesday, coinciding with new warnings from a national...
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DFO declines interview with scientist on oilsands because it disagrees with...
OTTAWA — The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has declined an interview request with a scientist to discuss the environmental impacts of oilsands development because it objected to a recent Postmedia...
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Mountie singled out by commissioner ‘shocked’ and ‘upset’ by public rebuke
A B.C. Mountie on stress leave said Tuesday he is “shocked” and “upset” a day after being publicly chided by the commissioner of the force. Cpl. Roland Beaulieu, who has been on leave for two years...
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Scientists protest program cuts, muzzling of Canada’s researchers
OTTAWA — The organizers of a nationwide protest against cuts to Canada’s public science programs said the situation for federal researchers has only declined in the year since they first raised the...
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Federal science minister Greg Rickford not commenting on fundraising letter...
OTTAWA – The federal minister responsible for promoting scientific research isn’t commenting on a political fundraising letter that allegedly suggested some scientists were “radical ideologues” out to...
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Dean Del Mastro was “bragging” about saving federal water research facility,...
OTTAWA-The author of a new book about the alleged muzzling of federal scientists says a leaked fundraising letter that featured a Conservative party logo could provide an interesting chapter to add to...
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Federal government cutting $3 billion from rail safety, health and...
OTTAWA – The federal government will cut $2.6 billion in spending and nearly 5,000 jobs from its science-focused departments between 2013 and 2016, says a report released Thursday by a union...
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Wounded soldiers given ‘guidance’ on public statements for their own good,...
By David Pugliese and Patrick Smith Ottawa Citizen The military officer in charge of providing help for injured soldiers says they are being asked for their own good to sign a form governing what they...
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Federal policies block communication on everything from drugs to climate: report
The Harper government’s preoccupation with message control has earned several federal departments a failing grade for communication. A report released Wednesday by researchers at Simon Fraser...
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