The War on Science: Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada

Author:   Chris Turner
Publisher:   Greystone Books,Canada
ISBN:  

9781771004312


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   20 March 2014
Format:   Paperback
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The War on Science: Muzzled Scientists and Wilful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada


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"A passionate and meticulously researched argument against the Harper government's war on science.  In this arresting and passionately argued indictment, award-winning journalist Chris Turner argues that Stephen Harper's attack on basic science, science communication, environmental regulations, and the environmental NGO community is the most vicious assault ever waged by a Canadian government on the fundamental principles of the Enlightenment. From the closure of Arctic research stations as oil drilling begins in the High Arctic to slashed research budgets in agriculture, dramatic changes to the nation's fisheries policy, and the muzzling of government scientists, Harper's government has effectively dismantled Canada's long-standing scientific tradition.  Drawing on interviews with scientists whose work has been halted by budget cuts and their colleagues in an NGO community increasingly treated as an enemy of the state, ""The War on Science"" paints a vivid and damning portrait of a government that has abandoned environmental stewardship and severed a national commitment to the objective truth of basic science as old as Canada itself."

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Author:   Chris Turner
Publisher:   Greystone Books,Canada
Imprint:   Greystone Books,Canada
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9781771004312


ISBN 10:   1771004312
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   20 March 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Chris Turner is a journalist and the author of The Leap: How to Survive and Thrive in the Sustainable Economy, a finalist for the 2011 National Business Book Award, and The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need, a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Nonfiction.

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