Re:Canada's Muzzled Scientists Can Speak Freely Again
by pheroden on Sunday November 15, 2015 @10:51AM
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To what end? To alert everyone that there is a serious vial infection running amok in the pacific salmon? You've lost your job, and any way of helping with the problems (and this isn't software development, there are probably 3-4 positions available outside government in the county if you want to keep doing the same line of work), all so it gets buried because most people don't care about pacific salmon populations?
Re:Canada's Muzzled Scientists Can Speak Freely Again
by edkennedy on Sunday November 15, 2015 @03:50PM
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They have already started coming forward: http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/unmuzzled-scientist-facebook...
Including this "rock snot" scientist: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-ed...
Re:Canada's Muzzled Scientists Can Speak Freely Again
by toyg on Sunday November 15, 2015 @09:21AM
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These people are not whistleblowers, they are not going to reveal anything you don't already know. Their value for journalists is in using them as confirmation / official data points. If they cannot speak in that role, there is little point in looking them up.
Edit: "It’s the first time in nearly a decade I’ve been able to speak with a Canadian government scientist directly, on the telephone, without spending days or weeks clearing the request through a media officer and submitting a list of questions for editing and approval."
I realize the ramifications were probably bad, but I'm surprised at least one or two didn't ignore or actively disobey their government overlords... Or did they and I just didn't hear about it?