Canadian Researchers Protest Budget Cuts in Open Letter to Prime Minister

by E Wayne Ross on April 16, 2009

Globe and Mail: PM urged to restore science funds
More than 2,000 scientists galvanized into ‘Don’t leave Canada behind’ campaign

More than 2,000 researchers, including some of the country’s most respected scientists, have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister calling the funding cuts in the January budget “huge steps backward for Canadian science.”
The Chronicle News Blog: Canadian Researchers Protest Budget Cuts in Open Letter to Prime Minister

More than 2,000 Canadian scientists have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper decrying budget cuts in science, especially at a time when President Obama is bolstering research in the United States.