"For nine years under Canada’s previous government, science suffered harsh restrictions. Now US scientists may be facing a similar fate".

"Canadian scientists – who were muzzled for nearly a decade by the country’s previous Conservative government – have been making contact with their counterparts in the US to offer their support and solidarity amid mounting fears that Donald Trump’s presidency will seek to suppress climate science.

For nine years, scientists with Canada’s federal government grappled with what many described as an all out assault on science.

Scientific libraries were closed, programmes suffered drastic cutbacks while federal scientists were banned from talking to media on topics that ranged from snowflakes to salmon and even a 13,000-year-old flood. "

Ashifa Kassam reports for the Guardian January 27, 2017. [2]

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"Scientists Plan March Opposing Trump’s Policies" (Boston Globe) [4]