Well, I think we need to try to respectfully counter misinformation with the body of evidence.
There's a very interesting growing literature. There's been some interesting research done in both the United States and Europe that talks about representing what the scientific consensus actually says on a topic. That also goes to explaining what the scientific consensus is. Science is hard. It's messy. It's always contested. That's healthy. However, there's often a body of evidence that policy-makers and politicians can turn to.
I think part of the critical thinking skills we need to impart to Canadian citizens is understanding the scientific process—what the scientific process is, how science is done, how science is funded, and how that funding is obtained and used in order to maintain that trust.
Look, the funding process is not perfect. In fact, my forthcoming book talks about all the problems with how science is done and the knowledge production crisis we have. We need to make trustworthy science and have trustworthy sources of facts. We also need to have collegial discussions about how relevant those facts are to our policies.