Times have changed since the seventeenth century, but for some reason, Canadian scientists are now fighting a comparable war - not against the doctrines of the church, but the industry-backed federal government of Canada. "Since the Harper Government came into power, Canada has been subjected to an unprecedented, ruthless assault on its environmental science capacity. This attack has been systemic and strategic, targeting science that seeks to understand the impacts of industry on our freshwaters – information the current government considers inconvenient to its economic agenda. This will result in the significant and widespread degradation of our country’s natural waters and fishery resources." (2)
What am I going to do about it? either vote strategically to get Harper out of office, or boycott the next federal election. After all of the news about fraudulent activity in the last election, I'm not 100% sure I will partake. (4)
References:
(1) - http://www.livescience.com/27790-catholic-church-and-science-history.html
(2) - http://canadians.org/media/water/2012/27-Nov-12.html
(3) - http://sciencewriters.ca/initiatives/muzzling_canadian_federal_scientists/
(4) - http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/What+Stephen+Harper+problem+with+Elections+Canada/8998274/story.html