Canada's PM Stephen Harper faces revolt by scientists

[xchrom]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/09/canada-stephen-harper-revolt-scientists

Canada's prime minister, Stephen Harper, faces a widening revolt by the country's leading scientists against sweeping cuts to government research labs and broadly pro-industry policies.

The scientists plan to march through Ottawa in white lab coats on Tuesday in the second big protest in a month against the Harper government's science and environmental agenda.

Harper is accused of pushing through a slew of policies weakening or abolishing environmental protections – with an aim of expanding development of natural resources such as the Alberta tar sands.

His government is also accused of jeopardising Canada's scientific reputation by shutting down the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), a research station that produced critical evidence to help stop acid rain

[Canuckistanian]

1. It's called "The Death of Evidence"

Here's their website:
http://www.deathofevidence.ca/

[arikara]

2. Harper is a corporate tool dickhead

and an embarrassment to Canada. If we don't get rid of him next time I'll be looking into moving out of the country because we'll have nothing more than a barren cesspool left by the time he's through with us.

[limpyhobbler]

3. du rec nt

[Spazito]

4. Ah yes, our Bush wannabe...

who takes his advice from Rove and Frank Luntz, he makes us so proud!

[canuckledragger]

5. & borrows election stealing tactics from the republicans

...a la the robocall scandal

which used a 3rd party (Pierre Poutine) to give him plausible deniability

[Spazito]

6. Yep, I am sure it was just a coincidence that...

Harper and his party used U.S.-based companies to make the robocalls. Pierre Poutine was a false name but it was very clumsy as the digital trail led to the campaign office of Conservative candidate Marty Burke.


"The digital trail left by the suspect behind misleading robocalls to voters in Guelph, Ont., on election day 2011 has sharply narrowed, with Internet records linking the mysterious "Pierre Poutine" to an account held by a worker from the campaign of Guelph Conservative candidate Marty Burke."

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Investigators+pinpoint+location+Pierre+Poutine/6572113/story.html

Harper's poll numbers are dropping, the last I saw his party was 1 point lower than the NDP, lets hope that is just the beginning.