Everyday science still starving for money

Ten months after the government was sworn in, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his science minister have not appointed a senior federal science adviser, something they promised to do in the last election.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in this file photo. At first glance, the parade of cabinet ministers on university campuses across Canada on Sept. 6 might have looked like evidence of a new era in federal support for science, writes Paul Wells. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY PAUL WELLS

September 12, 2016

At first glance, the parade of cabinet ministers on university campuses across Canada on Sept. 6 might have looked like evidence of a new era in federal support for science. Scott Brison was on hand at Dalhousie University in Halifax, which will work with the University of Prince Edward Island and...

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