ISED’s trimming of Strategic Science Fund dollars proves feds not investing more in science, says Conservative MP Baldinelli

The department recently told recipients it would cut 2.26 per cent of the total funding first agreed upon in 2024. Baldinelli says these groups are being held accountable for their work to receive this money, yet Ottawa can just backtrack from the contractual deals.

Conservative MP Tony Baldinelli says the federal government’s decision to cut the amount of money it is doling out to Strategic Science Fund grant recipients, after contribution agreements were signed, will have a ‘direct impact’ on patients and programs. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY TESSIE SANCI

March 30, 2026

Some Conservative MPs are questioning the federal government’s level of accountability after The Hill Times reported that Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada is cutting funding to some groups that were promised the dollars nearly two years ag...

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