Lots of good insights here for BC & Canada. Of course, I like the focus in part on an approach that "should target priority [govt] departments who do not ‘think rural’ but take policy decisions that indirectly impact rural areas, such as health, environment, labour, education, transportation."

#StandUpForScience

This is not only about using your health & disaster safety to play political games (as seen in the USA), it's a shackling of Canada's future economic opportunities & global investment in an economy that matters to us all.

Politicians should not be telling scientists what to do.

Ann Selzer’s Storied Career Ends With a Big Miss and a Trump Lawsuit Known for her “gold standard” polls of Iowans, J. Ann Selzer is facing retribution from Donald Trump after her final 2024 survey showed a surprising, and ultimately wrong, winner.

Suing a pollster for getting it wrong? #danger

"the legal action carries an unmistakable warning to any news outlet that dares to cross the next president: “This ... is the latest in ... Trump’s history of using lawsuits to punish reporting he dislikes,” said Brown

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/u...

I'm new here,
First post pressure.
So this!