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Related: About this forumDismantling of Fishery Library 'Like a Book Burning,' Say Scientists
The Harper government has dismantled one of the world's top aquatic and fishery libraries as part of its agenda to reduce government as well as limit the role of environmental science in policy decision-making.
Last week the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, which is closing five of its seven libraries, allowed scientists, consultants and members of the public to scavenge through what remained of Eric Marshall Library belonging to the Freshwater Institute at the University of Manitoba.
The closure of the library, which served as a vital source for the ELA, will make it harder for Winnipeg's International Institute for Sustainable Development to rescue what remains of the team of scientists that ran the ELA. A last minute deal, supported by funding by the Ontario government, has been compromised by the federal government. The ELA's remaining researchers all received "surplus letters" last week, which makes it difficult to retain ELA staff.
http://www.thetyee.ca/News/2013/12/09/Dismantling-Fishery-Library/
elfin
(6,262 posts)Just proves that no matter where Conservatives are, they are stupid, especially in matters of environment and all other fact-based disciplines that serve the common good for the present and the future.
riverbendviewgal
(4,251 posts)how disgusting...they care little about our mother earth.
summerschild
(725 posts)same ones are busy here in the U.S. doing damage.
Man, I hate these f*krs.
Anything for a buck. Including destruction of the planet.
Some interesting comments from Canadians about Harper and the end-timers.