The Canadian government has decided to cut spending on Environment Canada programs that address climate change by 80 percent. This budget cut comes in spite of "...poll after poll show[ing] environment and climate change are top of the list of Canadians' concerns." Read more here.
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The inaugural Canadian Engineering Education Association Conference will be held this year from June 7-9 at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
There is a site promoting some Canadian blog awards, which says they are "celebrating the best in the Canadian blogosphere." Good premise, especially since they have a sci/tech section — maybe I can find some more
Because why offend one group of people, when you can offend two at the same time? From Chet Scoville:
It seems likely that the environment will feature heavily in the upcoming Speech from the Throne. Long-term policy will be easier to assess once that has occurred.