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Canada's Science Minister: A Creationist?

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tackle3/18/2009 1:29:06 pm PDT

re: #155 Salamantis

He’s already cut basic scientific research:

[Link: crossborderbiotech.ca…]

Hey, my first down-ding!
Look, if the Canadians want to get rid of him based on that, they should.
From Goodyear’s wiki page.

In early 2009, Goodyear oversaw a series of contentious funding cuts for science programs, the most prominent being the lack of any funding for new projects for Genome Canada. [9] Critics of the cuts, including a team of neuroscientists who lost funding, argued that when coupled with the Obama administration’s increased funding for science, the cuts could produce a brain drain as researchers move to the United States and secure funding. [10]


Is there sufficient argument that this stems from a possible belief in creationism? You would have to ask him.
Cutting that program, on it’s own, is quite a shame. It

focuses on the genetic and genomic basis of human variability, health and disease, including research on the genetics of autism spectrum disorders and structural variation of the human genome.

All I’m asking is that we be respectful and thoughtful before we malign someone.