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An Open Letter on Science to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper An Open Letter on Science to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper October 21, 2014 The Right Honourable Stephen Harper Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON Canada K1A 0A2 Dear Prime Minister Harper, As scientists outside of Canada committed to international cooperation in confronting threats to the planet and human health, we urge you to remove excessive and burdensome restrictions and barriers to scientific communication and collaboration faced by Canadian government scientists. Meeting today's complex environmental and public health challenges requires the full participation of scientists around the globe. But recent reports (i, ii, iii) highlight a rapid decline in freedoms and funding extended to Canadian government scientists, which make it more difficult for them to continue research, communicate scientific information and expertise, and collaborate internationally. A recent New York Times editorial, referencing the rapid development of the Alberta oil sands, went so far as to describe new communications restrictions on government scientists as "an attempt to guarantee public ignorance." Canada's leadership in basic research, environmental, health, and other public science is in jeopardy. We urge you to restore government science funding and the freedom and opportunities to communicate these findings internationally. Sincerely, [815 scientists from 32 countries listed below] (i) The Big Chill: Silencing Public Interest Science, A Survey. 2013. The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. Available online at http://www.pipsc.ca/bigchill. (ii) Vanishing Science: The Disappearance of Canadian Public Interest Science. 2014. The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. Available online at http://www.pipsc.ca/vanishingscience. (iii) Muzzling Government Scientists: A Threat to Democracy. Democracy Watch and University of Victoria Environmental Law Clinic. Available online at http://democracywatch.ca/wp-content/uploads/OpenGovReportJan2113.pdf. ARGENTINA Alejandro Bianchi, Ph.D. research Director, Hydrographic Office and University of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Val Hindle, M.D. SMO, GEBA Buenos Aires Ana Malizia, Ph.D. Professor, Mar del Plata National University Mar Del Plata Virginia Palastanga, Ph.D. CONICET-UBA Buenos Aires AUSTRALIA Beth Fulton, Ph.D. Head of ecosystem modeling, CSIRO Lucaston Lance Hill, Ph.D. Professor, UPNG Cairns, Old Joanna Jones (Kain) Visiting Fellow, Australian National University Canberra, Act Michael Nordstrom, Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Wayville Dominique Roche, Ph.D. Postdoc, Australian National University Canberra Karen Wilson, M.S. Senior Research Scientist, National Herbarium of NSW Sydney Trevor Wilson, Ph.D. Doctor, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Petersham AUSTRIA Bano Mehdi, Ph.D. candidate PhD Candidate, McGill University Vienna BANGLADESH M. Zahidul Haque, M.S. Professor, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Dhaka Mahfuja Parven Parven, M.S. Secretriate/Assistant Director of Asia, IHRC/GWO/IYC Dhaka BELGIUM Filip Volckaert, Ph.D. Professor and lab director, University of Leuven Leuven BRAZIL Orlando Necchi Jr, Ph.D. Professor, Sao Paulo State University S. Jose Rio Preto CHILE Francisco Matus, Ph.D. Professor, La Frontera University Temuco Jorge Medina, Ph.D. candidate Universidad de La Frontera Temuco Mauricio Molina, Ph.D. Researcher, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria Santiago CHINA Liuming Hu, Ph.D. Deputy Executive officer, East China Normal University Shanghai CROATIA Ognjen Culic, Ph.D. University of Zagreb Zagreb CZECH REPUBLIC Pavel Kram, Ph.D. Ph.D., Czech Geological Survey Prague Jaroslav Vrba, Ph.D. Professor, University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice DENMARK Chelsea Chisholm, M.S. PhD Candidate, University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Jannik Hansen, M.S. 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