Friday, July 16, 2010

National forum on science policy back for another year

Jul 12, 2010
The Biotechnology Initiative
http://www.ontbi.org/Nationalforumonsciencepolicybackforanotheryear
The FRSQ hails tangible support for health research
Jun 29, 2010
Government of Québec
http://www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca/en/publications/autres_publications/communiques/2010.06_29.html
Jul 9, 2010
Genome Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Genome-Canada-Appoints-New-Chair-of-its-Science-and-Industry-Advisory-Committee-1288123.htm
Jul 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/15/north-science-camps-cannor.html
Jul 14, 2010
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Partners-Provide-Northern-Youth-Science-Engineering-Technology-Skills-1289976.htm
Pharmaceutical giant shuts 16 facilities, including Montreal-area research facility
Jul 8, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/08/merck-closures.html
Hurts whole biotech industry: Clement
Jul 16, 2010
JASON MAGDER
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Loss+Merck+centre/3285523/story.html
Jul 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/13/computer-science-robots.html
UQAM centre $1.5 million replaces lost federal funding
Jul 13, 2010
MONIQUE BEA UDIN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Quebec+rescues+climate+research+group/3269900/story.html
As our markets become more global, Canadian businesses must become strong innovators
Jul 14, 2010
John Armstrong
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/Productivity/canadas-lack-of-innovation-results-in-poor-productivity/article1640371/
Jul 15, 2010
Jay Bryan
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+must+improve+competitive+edge+prosper/3282105/story.html
Jul 16, 2010
Alec Bruce
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1137732
Jun 29, 2010
Neil Bradford & David A. Wolfe
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/16.pdf
Jun 29, 2010
David A. Wolfe
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/14.pdf
Jun 29, 2010
Neil Bradford
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/15.pdf
Jul 15, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/07/15/so-you-want-to-be-a-science-writer-when-you-grow-up%e2%80%a6/
Jul 14, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/university-enrolment-up-sideways-or-down/

Taxes and the grad student

The smartest thing I did was delay grad studies until I had built up a nest egg.
Jul 12, 2010
Jane Sorensen
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/taxes-and-grad-students.aspx
Jul 16, 2010
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1192218.html

If the census ain't broke...

Jul 16, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/census+broke/3284269/story.html

Statisticians go wild

When the number-crunchers get angry, government should know it made a mistake
Jul 16, 2010
Dan Gardner
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Statisticians+wild/3284799/story.html

The politics of census forms

Jul 16, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/836488--the-politics-of-census-forms

Tony Clement’s rash decision

Jul 16, 2010
Keith Beardsley
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/16/keith-beardsley-tony-clements-rash-decision/
Top Jewish, Evangelical groups want long form maintained
Jul 16, 2010
JENNIFER DITCHBURN
The Canadian Press
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1192184.html
PM continues to boost the market for a deadly product overseas
Jul 16, 2010
Kathleen Ruff and Colin Soskolne
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/business/share+Canada+toxic+asbestos+legacy/3285804/story.html
For the President, clean energy is the means to an end: jobs
Jul 16, 2010
Clifford Orwin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/if-climate-change-didnt-exist-obama-wouldve-had-to-invent-it/article1641575/
Jul 16, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Food+manufacturers+question+Health+Canada+gluten+free+labelling+review/3283035/story.html
Over 30,000 expected to attend
Jul 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/07/16/toronto-marijuana-expo561.html
Jul 16, 2010
Dan Maclennan
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/sewage+have+poured+into+ocean+more+than+hour+Environment+Canada+investigators/3284697/story.html
Jul 15, 2010
Jonathan Kay
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/15/bad-science-global-warming-deniers-are-a-liability-to-the-conservative-cause/
If Canada ever adopts a cap-and-trade system to restrain greenhouse-gas emissions, it should learn from emerging problems in the U.S. anti-acid-rain system: the stricter the cap is, the less trade there will be
Jul 15, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/acid-rains-lessons-for-carbon-emissions/article1641652/
The decision to pay for up to three cycles of in-vitro fertilization is a welcome move, justified by the savings in costs to the health-care system, and one that other provinces should consider
Jul 15, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/quebecs-foresight-on-in-vitro-fertilization/article1640342/

Let them eat carrots!

The assumption among food reformers is that ‘healthy food’ is only available to those who can afford it
Jul 15, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/let-them-eat-carrots/article1640351/
Jul 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/15/nwt-mercury-lake-lab.html
Jul 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/15/census-short-healthcare.html
Jul 15, 2010
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.100976v1?ijkey=ac5f531d988a3b43ff81c6d36b428e95a132887e&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
‘It’s all about the nanny state,’ senior party strategist says
Jul 15, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-refuse-to-reverse-census-decision/article1641394/
Jul 15, 2010
Haroon Siddiqui
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/835993--siddiqui-pm-facing-revolt-over-census-change
"Truly a stupid decision," Liberal critic says
Jul 15, 2010
Bruce Campion-Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/835932--axing-census-questions-adds-up-to-trouble-for-tories?bn=1
Innovations in air-conditioning systems mean cooling down buildings is going to require less energy
Jul 15, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16588677
Jul 14, 2010
Dan Gardner
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/census+designed+drunken+monkeys/3275397/story.html

Will we come to our census?

Jul 14, 2010
Alec Bruce
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1134377
Long form provides vital information to society: groups
Jul 14, 2010
SHANNON PROUDFOOT
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Coalition+urges+Tories+reverse+census+stand/3274395/story.html
'We want to speak to Tony Clement,' Garneau says of industry minister
Jul 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/07/14/liberals-census.html
Jul 14, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/Privacy+commissioner+sees+complaints+about+census+form/3277449/story.html
Only three complaints filed in the last decade, Jennifer Stoddart's office says
Jul 14, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/privacy-commissioner-not-consulted-on-plan-to-scrap-compulsory-census/article1640288/
Jul 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/privacy-commissioner-not-consulted-on-decision-to-scrap-intrusive-census-98437914.html
With the National Energy Board about to begin a review, it’s time to re-examine liability regimes Jul 14, 2010
Will Amos
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/if-theres-an-oil-spill-whos-at-risk-canadian-taxpayers/article1638799/
Now it’s up to provinces to decide whether they want to purchase the new seasonal flu vaccine for use in the coming season
Jul 14, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/nasal-vaccine-against-flu-gets-green-light-in-canada/article1640399/

Keep Avandia on market: FDA panel

Diabetes drug increases heart attack risk but evidence not strong enough to pull
Jul 14, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/14/avandia-heart-fda.html
Claimed a children's probiotic product would reduce school absences
Jul 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/14/con-nestle-ruling.html
Demonstration planned for Fernie to protest tests
Jul 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/14/cp-coal-bed-methane-bc.html

The green suits

The economics of biodiversity and business
Jul 14, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16587949

Far north plan still incomplete

Jul 14, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/835374--far-north-plan-still-incomplete
U.S. environmental group calls province ‘arrogant’ in attempt to portray industry as green
Jul 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/oil-sands-ads-urge-tourists-to-avoid-alberta/article1639617/
Jul 14, 2010
BARB PACHOLIK
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Tornado+warning+system+horrible+expert/3274378/story.html

Don't just fall back on fogging

Jul 14, 2010
Josh Brandon and Anne Lindsey
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/dont-just-fall-back-on-fogging-98396059.html
Aimed at immigrants, program needs stable funding to continue
Jul 14, 2010
Ian Shelton
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Funding+peril+training+project/3275369/story.html

Fish kill investigated in P.E.I.

Jul 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/14/pei-fish-kill-west-prince-584.html
Decision to axe long questionnaire likely to bias data, Fellegi says
Jul 13, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Census+changes+indefensible+retired+statistician+says/3270177/story.html

Good information comes at a price

Yes, the census long form is intrusive, but statistics empower Canadians
Jul 13, 2010
William Robson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/good-information-comes-at-a-price/article1637565/
Jul 13, 2010
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/federalbudget/article/835436--federal-budget-bill-damages-the-environment-critic-says
Jul 13, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Coalition+urges+Conservatives+reverse+census+stand/3273475/story.html
'We can't afford complacency'
Jul 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/13/us-hiv-aids-strategy.html
Contary to what Ottawa says, UN convention would not compel exports to U.S.
Jul 13, 2010
Maude Barlow and Anil Naidoo
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/835040--a-human-right-canada-rejects-access-to-clean-water
Let’s focus on two policies already on the books – life jackets and drinking
Jul 13, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/were-missing-the-boat-on-regulating-death-on-the-water/article1637432/
Dispatches White House officials to explore advancing clean energy
Jul 13, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/13/con-obama-electric.html
Jul 13, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/13/con-eu-renewable.html

Statement on 2011 Census

Jul 13, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Statement-on-2011-Census-1289664.htm
Professors and researchers unite in defence of long-form census
Jul 12, 2010
Carson Jerema
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/07/12/65-thousand-academics-cant-be-wrong/

The census coalition

Jul 12, 2010
Aaron Wherry
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/12/the-census-coalition/
Environmentalists say the government's move to 'gut' the Canadian Environment Assessment Act will weaken environmental protection assessments for development projects like the tar sands, mine, oil and gas pipelines and nuclear power plants
Jul 12, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/environment-07-12-2010
As Gulf of Mexico oil spills, federal legislators wonder if it's wise for the Canadian government to keep reviewing bids for offshore oil exploration licences in parts of frozen Arctic.
Jul 12, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://hilltimes.com/page/view/oil-07-12-2010
Canada is one of the few developed countries that doesn't have a formal policy allowing access to ‘orphan drugs'
Jul 12, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-system-urged-to-treat-rare-disease-patients-analysis/article1637599/
Miramichi Salmon Association has reports of fish dying
Jul 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/12/nb-salmon-miramichi-warm-waters-1100.html
Jul 12, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/12/bp-spill-gulf-technology.html
Jul 12, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/12/win-radioactive-bruce-power.html
Jul 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/12/african-mammal-declines.html
Jul 11, 2010
Lynn Bestari
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/834646--census-changes-will-handcuff-researchers
There's no evidence of a broad public backlash against the long-form census, and the imposition on Canadians is not unreasonable
Jul 11, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-federal-government-is-senseless-on-the-census/article1635140/

Why the census matters

Jul 11, 2010
Elsbeth Mehrer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/census+matters/3262689/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
Health experts are increasingly concerned about the lack of increase in breastfeeding rates in Canada, which they say is tied to a lack of support for mothers across the country
Jul 11, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/why-arent-more-women-breastfeeding/article1636178/
Jul 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/09/parks-cpaws-animals-endangered-species-threatened-at-risk.html
Jul 9, 2010
David Booth
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/Numbers+behind+electric+vehicles/3253545/story.html

The sneaky ‘eco fee’

Jul 9, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/833901--the-sneaky-eco-fee
Industry Minister’s decision to scrap mandatory long form should be ‘revisited, reinformed and reversed,’ Statistical Society of Canada says
Jul 9, 2010
Stephen Thorne
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/dont-mess-with-census-statisticians-tell-tories/article1635031/
Jul 9, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/momentum-builds-to-reinstate-the-census-long-form/
Jul 9, 2010
Sherri Gallant
Lethbridge Herald
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/content/view/208646/109/
Jul 8, 2010
James Travers
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/833169--travers-census-change-latest-move-in-pm-s-dumbing-down-of-canada
Killing mandatory long form hurts Calgary’s ability to deliver services properly, city planner says
Jul 8, 2010
Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/census-change-leaves-harpers-constituency-crippled/article1633298/

Clement stands by census changes

Jul 8, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Clement+stands+census+changes/3248390/story.html
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change needs reform. The case for climate action does not
Jul 8, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16539392
Two new reports say the science of climate change is fine, but that some scientists and the institutions they work in need to change their attitudes
Jul 8, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16537628
What we’re missing is a disciplined approach to planned investments to modernize Ontario’s power delivery system
Jul 8, 2010
Jatin Nathwani
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/heat-waves-and-blackouts-heres-the-fix/article1633491/
Electric cars made from carbon fibre will be safer and go farther
Jul 8, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16537608
But panel of inquiry chides some researchers for failing to share data with critics
Jul 7, 2010
Raphael G. Satter
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/climategate-inquiry-mostly-vindicates-scientists/article1631614/

Wrong move on census

Jul 3, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/831021--wrong-move-on-census

Census shortcut bad for Canada

Jul 3, 2010
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Census+shortcut+Canada/3232379/story.html
Jul 3, 2010
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Ridiculous+scrap+census+data/3231957/story.html
Jul 2, 2010
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/need+Canadians+stand+counted/3226213/story.html
Jul 16, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Community-Environmental-Projects-in-New-Brunswick-1291439.htm
Jul 15, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Community-Environmental-Projects-in-Southern-Alberta-1290885.htm
Jul 13, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Community-Environmental-Projects-in-Jonquiere-Alma-1289295.htm
Jul 13, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Announces-Funding-for-Lake-Simcoe-Clean-Up-Projects-1289334.htm
Jul 14, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Nature-Conservancy-Canada-Conserve-Valuable-Habitat-Pugwash-Nova-Scotia-1289877.htm
Jul 14, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/BioKits-Nature-and-Biodiversity-Observation-Guides-for-Everyone-1290070.htm