Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I think my colleague from Alberta does not understand how scientists communicate and what kind of communication is needed to convey and understand scientific research. I want to read a letter I received from a scientist. It says: Thank you for raising

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of State for Science and Technology says “Thank you” to all Canadian scientists and maybe I will start by saying “You're welcome”, on behalf of the four research scientists in the Liberal Party caucus. However, as research scientists, we get approached

Business of Supply  moved: That, in the opinion of the House: (a) the government has constrained the ability of federal scientists to share their research and to collaborate with their peers; (b) federal scientists have been muzzled and prevented from speaking to the media about their work; (c

The Budget  , the 30-metre telescope and the Canada first research excellence fund. I am sure that good science will come out of these programs because of the proven quality of Canadian scientists. The point I would make is that the funding on these new programs does not come near what all the cuts

An Act to amend the Statistics Act (appointment of Chief Statistician and long-form census)   to preserve the blessings of this country for the benefit of all, and to make good laws and wise decisions? However, the quality of national statistics has been compromised. In 2011, the voluntary national household survey replaced the long form census. Researchers have publicly called

The Budget  . Given budget 2014's recognition of basic research in the new Canada first research excellence fund, would the minister please instruct either the NRC or the CFI to provide operational funding so that Canadian scientists continue to have access to this world-class research?

Finance committee   and scientists who actually look at research that comes out of universities and try to find a place for it in industy, taking advantage of industrial partners. Is there a place for that in the ACRE proposal?

Petitions   constituents that calls upon the Government of Canada to respect the right of Canadians to have access to good statistical information, citizens as well as legislators, and asks the government to adequately fund basic research and free scientists to speak openly on all taxpayer-funded

Economic Action Plan 2013 Act No. 2   of the Minister of State for Science and Technology. Certainly it has been too slow for the morale of the scientists and researchers at NRC. We know that morale has been severely tested at NRC. We receive messages all the time from people who work at NRC. We even know

Science and Technology   are not free to speak, and it is affecting your health and safety.” This is what is new in this long conversation about the muzzling of scientists, which has lasted several years, from even before I was elected. What is new is that there was a survey, and 2,000 federal scientists said

Science and Technology   this issue. It comes up in a survey that was released last week on the subject of the muzzling of federal scientists. This is a subject that has been discussed for a number of years. When it is brought up the government says there is a lot of money spent on science by the federal

Privilege   last November. When researchers discovered in March an error involving the transposition of data labels, they diligently worked to provide the department with a corrected version. However, after the corrections were provided to the government, the minister continued to cite from

Privilege   by a Minister”. The case at issue involves a report prepared for the justice department by a research team led by Dr. Anne Crocker of McGill University, entitled “Description and processing of individuals found Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder accused of serious

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to ask a question about the last part of the motion regarding the Experimental Lakes Area. In response to questions in question period on the Experimental Lakes Area, the DFO minister said his department is still doing research on freshwater at the Winnipeg

Industry committee  All I want to point out is that I know we have to cut certain things, but in terms of priorities, I think scientists, engineers, and other researchers have really spoken out quite loudly about their concern about the cuts to RTI. Let me go on to my last question, Minister