Who Needs Science Advice Anyway? Governments, for One

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By GuestJul 21, 2018, 9:14 am505 ptsHot
Read time: 6 mins By Jim Woodgett, University of Toronto There has been much consternation within the Ontario research community since Premier Doug Ford summarily dismissed the province’s first chief scientist, Molly Shoichet, after she’d been in the job for only six months. The new government, elected on…

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