Scientists Rally to Mark "Death of Evidence"
07/10/2012
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As a science-based organization, Nature Canada depends on sound, impartial research to understand changes underway in our ecosystems, and to offer practical solutions for protecting the natural world for future generations.
Without scientific research, reports like our recent State of Canada’s Birds 2012 report — published in collaboration with government, NGO and corporate partners — would be impossible.
As part of the Black Out Speak Out campaign, we decried government attacks on nature and democracy embodied in the recently passed omnibus budget bill C-38, which includes cuts to research programs in Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the National Research Council of Canada, and Statistics Canada. Funding has been eliminated for the National Science Adviser, and National Round Table on Environment and Economy, the PEARL Arctic atmospheric research lab and the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario. The latter two are leading centres of real-world experiments to study our land and water in ways that no one can do in a lab.
Today, scientists held a rally to mark “the death of evidence.” Here are some pics from the event.
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