"THE BIG CHILL" - CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO MUZZLE SCIENTISTS

Tuesday's Waterloo Region Record carrys this story "Scientists speak out in poll". The poll was commissioned by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. It's results clearly show that the federal government have clamped down on their scientists speaking publicly about their findings. These scientists include those in Health Canada, National Defence, Fisheries and Oceans, Agriculture Canada, Natural Resources and Environment Canada.
Apparently the Federal Information Commissioner is also concerned about what is going on. "Federal Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault is conducting a study of how changes in communications policy under the harper government have clamped down on the sharing of government science with the public.".

Clearly governments with nothing to hide do not clamp down on research and science paid for by the taxpaying public. It makes it extraordinarily difficult to trust a government hell bent on natural resource extraction and development; when they advise that they are monitoring associated environmental concerns. How about sharing these reports with concerned citizens, taxpayers and voters.