Canada accused of “war on science” by environmental groups

Environmental groups are calling it a “war on science.”

According to Al-Jazeera, numerous groups are referring the decline of environmental and climate research budgets inflicted by the Conservatives as cash grab for the oil sands.

The federal government has stated that the cuts are part of an austerity program designed to reduce the country’s deficit.

The Tories are getting a lot of flack from their decision to approve a fifteen billion dollar takeover of oil giant Nexon by Chinese state owned CNOOC to develop the Alberta oil-fields last Friday.

According to facts provided by environmental firms, many arms of the government that deal with climate, nature and greenhouse gas issues will be affected by the cuts.

Canada was ranked fifty-eighth out of sixty-one countries when related to climate change policies in a study last week.

This prompted Greenpeace to label Canada as “the poster child of climate inaction.”

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