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Groups seek formal probe into Ottawa’s ‘muzzling’ of scientists

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/groups-seek-formal-probe-into-ottawas-muzzling-of-scientists/article8878547/

“The Information Commissioner of Canada is being asked to launch a formal investigation into the federal government’s policy of controlling media access to scientists.

The government has been under fire from a number of groups over the past few years for refusing to give federally funded scientists clearance to grant interviews without first getting approval from a high level. In some cases scientists have been told they can’t speak to the media at all, even after their research findings have been published.”…

Open up this process to public scrutiny and critical observation. In a democratic country such as Canada, it’s an imperative at transparency by all levels of governments and their accounting to the electorate and it’s people.