Conservatives have a science problem
Conservatives are not at all comfortable with modern science. Our last Conservative government, the Harper regime, exemplified this distrust. It eliminated the long-form census, pulled…
Science under threat
The new Republican regime in Washington is waging a veritable war on science. This isn’t something we are unfamiliar with in this country. Science was…
Evidence for Democracy (E4D)
Science did not fare well under the Harper government of 2006-15. It eliminated the long-form census, pulled Canada out of the Kyoto protocol, cut science…
Measles redux
It’s back. Eliminated in 1998, thanks to vaccination, measles is making a comeback.This highly-contagious disease has been spreading around the world and there are now…
Seeing out the Holocene?
We are experiencing a truly momentous event. For 11,700 years we have been living in the epoch our geologist kin call the Holocene. Now they…