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"Canadian Scientists Protest Against Government Censorship"

"Rules bar government [Canadian] researchers from talking about their own work with journalists and even fellow researchers."



"The Canadian government in recent years has banned government scientists from talking about a growing list of research topics including: snowflakes, the ozone layer, salmon, and previously published work about a 13,000-year-old flood.

Now it seems the scientists are talking back.

Researchers in 16 Canadian cities have called protests on Monday against science policies introduced under the government of Stephen Harper, which include rules barring government researchers from talking about their own work with journalists and, in some cases, even fellow researchers.

"There a lot of concern in Canada right now about government scientists not being allowed to speak about their research to the public because of the new communications policies being put into place," said Katie Gibbs, director of a new group, Evidence for Democracy, which is organising the protests."

Suzanne Goldenberg reports for the Guardian September 16, 2013.
 

Source: Guardian, 09/16/2013