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Newspaper articles in response to the “Don’t leave Canada behind” Campaign

• PM urged to restore science funds, Anne McIlroy, Globe and Mail April 16, 2009
• Scientists urge PM to restore research funds, CBC, April 16, 2009
• It is to weep, Douglas Bell, Globe and Mail, April 16, 2009
• Federal minister wants to rescue famous Quebec observatory, CBC, April 17, 2009
• 2000 scientifiques canadiens denoncent les compressions, Alec Castonguay, Le Devoir 17, Avril 2009
• Ottawa coupe 162 millions, Alec Castonguay, Le Devoir 17, Avril 2000
• Another Earth Day, Canadian scientists concerned, Bob McDonald, CBC, April 17, 2009
• La grande noirceur conservatrice, Alain Dubuc, La Presse, 17 Avril 2009
• Coupes en recherche: deux mille chercheurs interpellent Harper, Pierre Asselin, Le Soleil, 18 Avril, 2009
• Ottawa perdu dans l’espace, Andre Pratte, La Presse, 18 Avril, 2009
• Le gouvernement conservateur plonge la science dans un trou noir, Debout, Gilles Duceppe, 17 Avril 2009
• Basic science needs funding too, Billy Comeau, Dalhousie News, April 21, 2009
• Harper, researchers grasp olive branch, Globe and Mail, ELIZABETH CHURCH, April 23, 2009
• Federal government’s research funding scheme is wasteful:researchers, Emily Chung, CBC News, April 24, 2009
• Not all research deserves public funding, Gwyn Morgan, Globe&Mail, April 27, 2009
• U.S.-Canada divide is stark on science, John Ibbitson, Globe&Mail, April 27, 2009
• Canada’s timid approach to science funding will bring diminishing returns, John Polanyi, Globe&Mail, April 30, 2009
• An R&D machine in need of direction, Harvey Weingarten, Globe&Mail, May 1, 2009
  

Earlier articles

• What to look for in the budget, rabble.ca January 27, 2009
• Getting shovels into the ground and money into more brains February 18, 2009, Globe and Mail
• NRC cuts to affect 300 positions; Elimination of research groups a blow to innovation February 21, 2009, Ottawa Citizen
• Stephen Harper: not good for science not good for Canada, The accidental mathematician, Feb. 2009
• Stimulus package paid for by all, but benefits few, Don Martin, National Post March 9, 2009
• Ontario filling holes dug by PM’s government March 12, 2009, Globe and Mail
• Après les artistes, les chercheurs, Alain Dubuc, La Presse
• An experiment mixing scientists and government, Preston Manning, Globe & Mail March 17th 2009
• Politicians must open the tent to scientists, Alan Bernstein, Globe & Mail March 24, 2009
• Researchers fear ‘stagnation’ under Tories, Carolyn Graham, Global & Mail
• Canada puts the squeeze on science, By Mohammed Adam, The Ottawa Citizen
• Let’s play Cut the Granting Councils!, MacLean’s Magazine
• CAUT Analysis of Federal Budget 2009
• Budget missed chance to boost research By PAUL BERTON, SUN MEDA
• Research consortium calls for more fuel for the research pipeline, Jody Ciufo, Canadian Consortium for Research
• Canada needs leaders able to embrace long-term objectives Thomas Slabon
• Budget erases funding for key science agency, Carolyn Abraham, Globe and Mail
• Lack of science funding risks brain drain, CMAJ editorial warns, CBC news, February 6, 2009
• Science community sees budget promises as mixed bag, Paul Jay, CBC news, January 28, 2009
• As U.S. emerges from dark age, Canada’s scientific edge fades, Carolyn Abraham and Elizabeth Church, Globe and Mail, January 24, 2009
• A really new deal would stimulate the economy of the future, not the past, Richard Florida, Globe and Mail
• US Science Debate website, with a report from Nancy Pelosi