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And even what science continues to be done is ever more strictly =20 politically controlled. Scientists are routinely muzzled. "Media =20 liaison staffers" have been sent to an international polar conference =20= in Montreal to shadow Canadian government scientists during =20 interviews, in what critics are calling the latest example of extreme =20= information control by the Harper Conservatives. = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/04/24/scientists-muzzlin= g-canada.html My colleague, Andrew Weaver from the University of Victoria, one of =20 Canada's most eminent climatologists, called it Orwellian on CBC's As =20= it Happens on Monday and compared the Harper government's heavy-handed =20= control of scientists to that practiced by the Communist Party in the =20= days of the Soviet Union. It's absolutely unbelievable. Cheers, Chris On 25-Apr-12, at 4:52 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote: > Hi Chris & All, Apr 25, 2012 > I might quibble with a word or two overall a good article. These =20= > cuts to many programs are foolhardy policy choices. Not a prudent =20 > way to prepare for a time of rapid climate change and not an =20 > especially good way to manage a sputtering economy. > > Yt, DW > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Christopher Majka > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 3:36 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] Beetles, forests, and climate change: Exchanging =20= > old mistakes for new? > > Hi folks, > > Many sectors of Canadian society are still in shock, reeling from =20 > the recent budget cutbacks announced by the federal government. One =20= > agency hard hit is the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Thus =20= > far concern has focused around food safety but the CBC has learned =20 > of another cut to the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle program. > > In this case the CFIA never undertook the research, to establish =20 > that this species was actually a pest. Consequently, there=92s no =20 > evidence that biocontrol, containment, eradication, or quarantine =20 > measures were ever warranted. However, climate change, may be a much =20= > greater threat to spruce forests and the federal government policy =20 > is undermining our capacity to investigate this, let alone act upon =20= > it. > > In the event that this subject is of interest, please feel free to =20 > check my recent article: > > Beetles, forests, and climate change: Exchanging old mistakes for =20= > new? > = http://www.behindthenumbers.ca/2012/04/25/bettles-forests-and-climate-chan= ge-exchanging-old-mistakes-for-new/ > > Published today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. > > All the best, > > Christopher Majka > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2411/4954 - Release Date: =20 > 04/23/12 > --Apple-Mail-47-596093888 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Dave,<div><br></div><div>Agreed. These are only a few illustrations. = Canadian science is dying from a thousand = cuts.</div><div><br></div><div>And even what science continues to be = done is ever more strictly politically controlled. Scientists are = routinely muzzled. "Media liaison staffers" have been sent to an = international polar conference in Montreal to shadow Canadian government = scientists during interviews, in what critics are calling the latest = example of extreme information control by the Harper = Conservatives.</div><div><br></div><div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/04/24/scientists= -muzzling-canada.html">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/0= 4/24/scientists-muzzling-canada.html</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>My= colleague, Andrew Weaver from the University of Victoria, one of = Canada's most eminent climatologists, called it Orwellian on CBC's As it = Happens on Monday and compared the Harper government's heavy-handed = control of scientists to that practiced by the Communist Party in the = days of the Soviet Union. It's absolutely = unbelievable.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Ch= ris</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 25-Apr-12, at = 4:52 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font size=3D"2">Hi = Chris & All, = Apr 25, = 2012</font></div><div><font size=3D"2"> I might = quibble with a word or two overall a good article. These cuts to = many programs are foolhardy policy choices. Not a prudent way to prepare = for a time of rapid climate change and not an especially good way to = manage a sputtering economy.</font></div><div><font = size=3D"2"> </font></div><div><font size=3D"2"> Yt, = DW</font></div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"border-left-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; = padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: = 0px; "><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal = normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: initial; = background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; = background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); = background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial = initial; "><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca" = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">Christopher Majka</a></div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></div><= div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = "><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, April 25, 2012 = 3:36 PM</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = "><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NatureNS] Beetles, = forests, and climate change: Exchanging old mistakes for = new?</div><div><br></div><div>Hi folks,</div><div><br></div><div>Many = sectors of Canadian society are still in shock, reeling from the recent = budget cutbacks announced by the federal government. One agency hard hit = is the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Thus far concern has = focused around food safety but the CBC has learned of another cut to the = Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle program. </div><div><br></div><div>In = this case the CFIA never undertook the research, to establish that this = species was actually a pest. Consequently, there=92s no evidence that = biocontrol, containment, eradication, or quarantine measures were ever = warranted. However, climate change, may be a much greater threat to = spruce forests and the federal government policy is undermining our = capacity to investigate this, let alone act upon = it.</div><div><br></div><div>In the event that this subject is of = interest, please feel free to check my recent = article:</div><div><br></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space: pre; "><b>Beetles, forests, and climate change: = Exchanging old mistakes for new?</b></span></div><div><span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space: pre; "><a = href=3D"http://www.behindthenumbers.ca/2012/04/25/bettles-forests-and-clim= ate-change-exchanging-old-mistakes-for-new/">http://www.behindthenumbers.c= a/2012/04/25/bettles-forests-and-climate-change-exchanging-old-mistakes-fo= r-new/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>Published today by the = Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.</div><div><br></div><div>All = the best,</div><div><br></div><div>Christopher Majka</div><hr size=3D"1" = noshade=3D""><a></a><p class=3D"avgcert" align=3D"left" = color=3D"#000000">No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG = -<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 10.0.1424 / = Virus Database: 2411/4954 - Release Date: = 04/23/12</p></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-47-596093888--
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