Science adviser should be placed in the PCO, not in a line department

Kirsty Duncan’s approach may be clouded by a personal desire to make the Office of Chief Science Adviser part of her own department. But Canada cannot afford this kind of empire building.

The job description published by Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, pictured with Transport Minister Marc Garneu, is much less ambitious and the 2017 budget proposes only a modest $2-million annual budget for the chief science adviser and a secretariat, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

April 17, 2017

TORONTO—Science today affects choices in almost everything government does, while Canada’s future prosperity, is tied to our ability to develop and capitalize on new scientific knowledge, which means how we support science also matters. Canada is hugely deficient both in how we bring science in...

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