Canadian research community must not bend the knee to President Trump

Domestic leaders should reject any suggestion that an executive order from a U.S. president can justify abandoning our fundamental commitments to equality, justice, and evidence-based law and policy.

Canadian institutions complying with U.S. President Donald Trump’s Day 1 executive order is a serious mistake that sets a very bad precedent, write Jocelyn Downie and Françoise Baylis. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Opinion

BY JOCELYN DOWNIE, FRANçOISE BAYLIS

May 14, 2025

On Jan. 20, United States President Donald Trump issued Execut...

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