Madam Speaker, the cuts to science keep mounting. On top of the 20 positions that were cut at the Maurice Lamontagne Institute, more than 1,000 employees across Canada are being affected by other cuts to agricultural research. The agricultural research centre in Quebec City is being shut down after nearly 60 years of operation. The unions are calling out this major loss of expertise. Honestly, the situation reminds us of the how the Harper government once muzzled science.
In economic times that demand reinvention and economic stimulation, how can the Liberals possibly make cuts to science?