Remember when Justin Trudeau said that his government's decisions would be evidence based and follow scientific knowledge - unlike the Harper government?
Many of us who have been watching the Trudeau government's decisions and policies have been left to wonder what happened to that bold promise? It just didn't seem to hold water.
Apparently we lay-folks weren't alone. Our skepticism and concerns, as it turns out, are widely shared by Canada's scientific community.
The Trudeau government is doing better than Harper's government at following science, at least where that doesn't get in its way, but that's setting the bar ridiculously low. The five recommended conditions ought to be where the bar is reset, a threshold.
Trudeau promised more. It's time he kept his word.
‘Bat-Signal’ rallies 1,500 young researchers to press Trudeau for evidence-based decisions | National Observer
Many of us who have been watching the Trudeau government's decisions and policies have been left to wonder what happened to that bold promise? It just didn't seem to hold water.
Apparently we lay-folks weren't alone. Our skepticism and concerns, as it turns out, are widely shared by Canada's scientific community.
The Trudeau government is doing better than Harper's government at following science, at least where that doesn't get in its way, but that's setting the bar ridiculously low. The five recommended conditions ought to be where the bar is reset, a threshold.
Trudeau promised more. It's time he kept his word.
‘Bat-Signal’ rallies 1,500 young researchers to press Trudeau for evidence-based decisions | National Observer