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Getting It Right: Canadian Conservatives and the “War on Science” [Preliminary Edition]
Author(s) -
Elyse Amend,
Darin Barney
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
canadian journal of communication
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.343
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1499-6642
pISSN - 0705-3657
DOI - 10.22230/cjc.2016v41n1aa3063
Subject(s) - political science , government (linguistics) , prime minister , ideology , humanities , law , politics , art , philosophy , linguistics
Critics have paid considerable attention to the Conservative government’s record on science and technology. Cuts to funding and resources in these sectors, numerous environmentally-questionable policies, and charges of information control over Canada’s scientific community have served as evidence for many that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government and its supporters mobilize an “anti-science” ideology and are engaged in a “war on science.” However, the government has continued to make financial and rhetorical investments into science and technology to promote economic prosperity and boost Canadian national identity based on “innovation.” This article investigates the claim that Canadian Conservatives are “anti-science,” and asks whether this label is an adequate appraisal of the Canadian Right’s disposition toward science, or is beneficial to discussions on science and the public interest. Les critiques ont porte une attention speciale a la fiche du gouvernement conservateur sur la science et la technologie. Les compressions budgetaire dans l’allocation des ressources dans ces secteurs, les nombreuses politiques douteuse portant sur l'environnement, et les plaintes de controle de l'information sur la communaute scientifique canadienne ont servi comme preuve pour plusieurs que le gouvernement du premier ministre Stephen Harper et ses partisans mobilisent une ideologie «antiscience» et sont engages dans une guerre contre la science. Cependant, le gouvernement a continue de faire des investissements financiers et rhetoriques dans la science et la technologie afin de promouvoir la prosperite economique et de renforcer l'identite nationale canadienne fondee sur «l'innovation». Cet article examine l’allegation que les conservateurs canadiens sont «antiscience» et se demande si celle-ci est une evaluation adequate de la disposition du droit du Canada envers la science, ou est benefique pour les discussions sur la science et l'interet public.

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