Canadian Science Policy Conference 2009: The Video Interviews

The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/videos/472

The solution: Hire scientists to do scientific research...

Dec 1, 2009
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2009/12/01/the-solution-hire-scientists-to-do-scientific-research%e2%80%a6/

The man from Pfizer: Should Big Pharma help steer health research?

The appointment of a Pfizer Canada vice-president to the governing council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research raises issues
Dec 3, 2009
Andre Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/the-man-from-pfizer-should-big-pharma-help-steer-health-research/article1386213/

An Intractable Conflict of Interest

If the Canadian Institutes of Health Research exists to promote the public interest, why has a VP at Pfizer been named to its governing body?
Dec 2, 2009
Francoise Baylis
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/727-an-intractable-conflict-of-interest

Pfizer exec's health-funding job defended

Dec 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/03/pfizer-prigent-cihr-aglukkaq.html

Women make strides in sciences

Support network key for female students
Dec 2, 2009
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Women+make+strides+sciences/2294977/story.html

Traditional teaching model obsolete in crowded colleges

Faculty research work cuts far too deeply into teaching hours
Dec 2, 2009
Ian D. Clark
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/733239

Underfunding shortchanges students

Dec 2, 2009
Mark Langer
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/733214

The elusive ideal of the scholar-teacher

It is long past time to bring the quality of teaching offered to undergraduates up a notch
Nov 30, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-elusive-ideal-of-the-scholar-teacher/article1383430/

Ontario university model unsustainable, authors say

Nov 30, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-university-model-unsustainable-authors-say/article1382266/

Radical rethink of Ontario universities

Nov 30, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/radical-rethink-of-ontario-universities/

Research funds hiked

Dec 3, 2009
BRUCE ERSKINE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1155746.html

Science museum pushes for new building

Dec 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/12/03/ottawa-science-technology-museum.html

MPs envision Science and Technology Museum beside aviation museum, NRC

Dec 3, 2009
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/envision+Science+Technology+Museum+beside+aviation+museum/2300379/story.html

Stem cell scientists share concerns

Dec 1, 2009
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/01/stem-cells.html

$1.2-billion reactor needed for isotopes, Ottawa told

Report follows global isotope shortage after Chalk River shutdown
Dec 4, 2009
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/12-billion-reactor-needed-for-isotopes-ottawa-told/article1388208/

Use of stomach drugs by seniors soars

Acid-reducing proton pump inhibitors are being prescribed to seniors 60 per cent more often than they were five years ago
Dec 4, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/use-of-stomach-drugs-by-seniors-soars/article1387709/

Feeding birds can affect evolution: study

Dec 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/03/tech-biology-bird-feeding-evolution.html

Dutch scientists grow meat, see end to factory farming

Dec 4, 2009
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/734484--dutch-scientists-grow-meat-see-end-to-factory-farming

UN to probe stolen climate data emails

Dec 4, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/04/tech-climate-un-data.html

Tories revive discarded climate plan prior to talks

Dec 4, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/734405--tories-revive-discarded-climate-plan-prior-to-talks

Canada targeted as climate laggard?

Stolen material suggests climate-change data skewed
Dec 4, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/canada-targeted-as-climate-laggard-78502047.html

Canadian climate change scientist says hackers targeted him

Dec 4, 2009
Judith Lavoie
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Canadian+climate+change+scientist+says+hackers+targeted/2302881/story.html

People are 'trying to find anything'

Security breaches
Dec 4, 2009
Megan O'Toole
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2301809

Big oil's relentless lobby

Dec 4, 2009
WILLIAM MARSDEN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/relentless+lobby/2300804/story.html

We aren’t alone for hydrocarbon sources, Earthling scientist says

Dec 4, 2009
BRUCE ERSKINE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1155998.html

For a greener future, innovation trumps regulation

There's an astonishing contrast in psychology between future-driven corporate investment and backward-based government regulation
Dec 4, 2009
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/for-a-greener-future-innovation-trumps-regulation/article1388234/

Even before Climategate, the public suspected fraud

Dec 4, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/04/lawrence-solomon-even-before-climategate-the-public-suspected-fraud.aspx

The no evidence zone: A physician’s take on alternative health care

Dec 3, 2009
Brett Taylor
Special to CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/26/f-weekly-checkup-taylor-alternative-medicine.html

Bill to ease sale of HIV drugs passes vote

Dec 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/03/aids-generic-drug-bill.html

Expert panel urges Ottawa to build new reactor to produce medical isotopes

Dec 3, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5giMI0DcU2Ya4oTJdvN5bnD0zweVg

Still too early to declare swine flu pandemic over: WHO

Dec 3, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2298089

H1N1 activity waxes, wanes: WHO

Dec 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/03/h1n1-who.html

The WHO should just give up on the flu scare

Dec 3, 2009
Michael Fumento
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/03/michael-fumento-the-who-should-just-give-up-on-the-flu-scare.aspx

Common weed killer gives male frogs sex change

Dec 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/03/ottawa-frogs-sex-change-atrazine.html

The Copenhagen Summit: Stopping climate change

Rich and poor countries have to give ground to get a deal in Copenhagen; then they must focus on setting a carbon price
Dec 3, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15017322

Climate change: What lies beneath

The planet’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide is under investigation
Dec 3, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15009907

University to probe possible climate data bias

Dec 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/03/tech-climate-east-anglia-review.html

Communication Crisis

The “Climategate” scandal doesn’t expose a problem with the science, so much as a problem explaining that science to the public
Dec 3, 2009
Josh Greenberg
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/731-communication-crisis

Climate chief: nations must ignore 'climate saboteurs'

Dec 3, 2009
The Associated Press
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091203/climate_gate_091203/20091203/?hub=CalgaryHome

Ottawa to focus on 'absolute' pollution targets: Prentice

Dec 3, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canada+climate+change+policy+shifting/2299134/story.html

Scientists press PM on climate change

Dec 3, 2009
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/scientists-press-pm-on-climate-change/article1386545/

Politically tricky: Holding the temperature rise to two degrees

Carbon sequestration works, but is among the least cost-effective measures
Dec 3, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/politically-tricky-holding-the-temperature-rise-to-two-degrees/article1387822/

Ontario solar plant to create 500 jobs

Dec 3, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/733995--ontario-solar-plant-to-create-500-jobs?bn=1

Time is up — the deadline is Copenhagen

Dec 3, 2009
Connie Hedegaard
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/733790

Our future: good green jobs for all

Canadians want this country to be a leader, not a laggard, at summit on climate change
Dec 3, 2009
John Cartwright
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/733818

Ottawa starves climate critics of cash on eve of eco-summit

Dec 3, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/733939--ottawa-starves-climate-critics-of-cash-on-eve-of-eco-summit

Skeptics score a win against alarmists

The audience shift at the Munk Debate followed a global trend
Dec 3, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/03/terence-corcoran-skeptics-score-a-win-against-alarmists.aspx

Enviro minister dismisses conspiracy theorists

Dec 3, 2009
PETER ZIMONJIC
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/12/03/12016876-sun.html

Canada’s environment minister wants to “get to the bottom” of Climategate

Dec 3, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/03/lawrence-solomon-canada-s-environment-minister-wants-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-climategate.aspx

Climategate fallout

Discussion of the hacked emails from East Anglia University reinforce one thing: The IPCC process needs to be fixed
Dec 3, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/03/climategate-fallout.aspx

Liberal senators move to water down proposed product safety law

Dec 2, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Liberal+senators+move+dilute+product+safety+bill/2295672/story.html

H1N1 activity in Canada easing

Dec 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/02/h1n1-canada.html

Prairie-chicken wiped out in Canada

From millions of birds to none in about 100 years
Dec 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/02/sk-prairie-chicken-extirpated.html

Yes, there is still an AIDS crisis

The West has lost interest, but 5,500 people die each day around the world
Dec 2, 2009
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/yes-there-is-still-an-aids-crisis/article1386241/

Calgary pesticide bylaw turfed

Dec 2, 2009
Jason Markusoff
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Calgary+pesticide+bylaw+turfed/2295430/story.html

Quebec health officials denounce asbestos

Quebec government holding on to asbestos-cancer report
Dec 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/12/02/quebec-officials-criticize-asbestos.html

Quebec government holding onto health report into link between asbestos and cancer

Dec 2, 2009
Andy Blatchford
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gyb3_nLxBq5u9GktW-ZtVkzH9wJw

Ottawa urged to pay more into global climate fund

Oxfam report argues Canada has a greater responsibility to help developing nations
Dec 2, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/733493--ottawa-urged-to-pay-more-into-global-climate-fund

E-mail controversy doesn’t change climate science: Prentice

Dec 2, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2295516

Why Charest’s 20 per cent solution won’t wash

Dec 2, 2009
Ian Irvine
Special to The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Charest+cent+solution+wash/2295342/story.html

Not mankind's defining crisis

The Munk Debate on climate change
Dec 2, 2009
Bjorn Lomborg
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/02/bjorn-lomborg-not-mankind-s-defining-crisis.aspx

Climate change destroys human lives

The Munk Debate on climate change
Dec 2, 2009
George Monbiot
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/02/george-monbiot-climate-change-destroys-human-lives.aspx

Cutting-edge research highlights integral role of medical schools

Dec 2, 2009
MARLENE HABIB
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cutting-edge-research-highlights-integral-role-of-medical-schools/article1385156/

Health Canada delays natural health product compliance rules

Dec 2, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Health+Canada+delays+natural+health+product+compliance+rules/2294107/story.html

Wake up, Canada, before it's too late

We should be leading the pack in the race to fight global warming
Dec 2, 2009
STEVEN GUILBEAULT, RICK SMITH, TZEPORAH BERMAN, and DALE MARSHALL
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Wake+Canada+before+late/2292029/story.html

More Debate, Less Rhetoric

Dec 2, 2009
Elaine McCoy
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/723-more-debate-less-rhetoric

Canada must do more to confront climate crisis

Dec 2, 2009
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/78316102.html

Why the climate email scandal matters. Big time.

Dec 2, 2009
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/02/lorne-gunter-why-the-climate-email-scandal-matters-big-time.aspx

Australia ditches cap and trade in Climategate's aftermath

Dec 2, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/02/lawrence-solomon-australia-ditches-cap-and-trade-in-climategate-s-aftermath.aspx

Australian Senate defeats carbon trading bill

Defeat of carbon trading bill delivers blow to government that had hoped to set an example at international climate change talks in Copenhagen
Dec 2, 2009
Toni O'Loughlin
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/02/australia-senate-defeats-carbon-trading-bill

Sunshine Oilsands nod could unlock deposit

Dec 2, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/Sunshine+Oilsands+could+unlock+deposit/2293496/story.html

Alberta puts $285M toward coal gasification project

Dec 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/01/edmonton-swan-hills-carbon-capture-storage.html

Fields Of Dreams

Economic Shifts And Recession Have Brought Innovation Cluster Theory To The Forefront. Will It Deliver? Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists And Governments Are Saying, "Yes."
Dec 1, 2009
Karen Mazurkewich
National Post
http://www.financialpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=2287746

Chalk River workers want to run nuclear facility

Employees propose to break away from Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.'s reactor business and become a nuclear research giant
Dec 1, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperney
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/chalk-river-workers-want-to-run-nuclear-facility/article1383563/

Nuclear regulator's impartiality questioned

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, which is supposed to be independent, is raising eyebrows
Dec 1, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/732811--nuclear-regulator-s-impartiality-questioned

Quebec health officials speak out against asbestos

Critics send letter to federal Health Minister demanding action but risk backlash in province that mines the deadly mineral
Dec 1, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec-health-officials-speak-out-against-asbestos/article1385045/

Thirsk's Canadian experiments in space

Dec 1, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/30/f-tech-space-thirsk.html

B.C. community loses fight to ban cellphones

Dec 1, 2009
Allison Cross
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/community+loses+fight+cellphones/2291125/story.html

Judge the government's emissions targets by its exit strategies

As Copenhagen nears, the world awaits another shabby Canadian performance
Dec 1, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/judge-the-governments-emissions-targets-by-its-exit-strategies/article1384654/

Is Canada Criminally Negligent on Climate Policy?

A leading environmental scientist says it is time for the international law to target climate culprit countries like his own, Canada.
Dec 1, 2009
William E. Rees
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2009/12/01/CanadaEnvironmentCriminal/

Climate writer blasts Canada as a 'corrupt petro-state'

Dec 1, 2009
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/732958--climate-writer-blasts-canada-as-a-corrupt-petro-state

Harper won't be riding a white horse to Copenhagen

Failure to meet Kyoto targets and our lack of enthusiasm for setting ambitious targets this time around have not put us in the good books
Dec 1, 2009
Craig McInnes
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Harper+riding+white+horse+Copenhagen/2288533/story.html

Climate science's PR disaster

‘Climategate' brings a long-running and bitter battle into the open
Dec 1, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-sciences-pr-disaster/article1383254/

Emissions targets fall short, report says

The Pew Center says developed countries are currently meeting only half the reductions scientists believe are necessary – with Canada among the least ambitious
Dec 1, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/emissions-targets-fall-short-report-says/article1384862/

U.K. climate scientist under investigation

Dec 1, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/01/tech-climate-east-anglia.html

Mining industry wages quiet battle against McKay's private member's bill

Industry officials say Lib MP John McKay's bill would pose a significant risk to Canada's international mining, oil and gas industry. Opposition MPs disagree.
Nov 30, 2009
BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/lobbying-11-30-2009

Making research relevant

Ranjana Bird promotes U of W work
Nov 30, 2009
Ellen van Wageningen
The Windsor Star
http://www.windsorstar.com/entertainment/Making+research+relevant/2285030/story.html

U.S. buzz gives Canadian biotechs hope

IPO Dry Spell Lifted
Nov 30, 2009
Joshua Brown
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=2284261

New evidence for early life on Mars: NASA

Nov 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/30/tech-space-mars-life.html

Blame Canada

Nov 30, 2009
Laura Tozer
The Varsity
http://thevarsity.ca/articles/23466

Better data collection urged to improve Aboriginal child health

Good data are essential for introducing and evaluating policies aimed at improving Aboriginal child health, says Dr. Jane Freemantle of the University of Melbourne’s school of population health in Melbourne, Australia
Nov 30, 2009
Ann Silversides
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/30nov09-better-data-collection-urged-to-improve-aboriginal-child-health.shtml

How much would a nuclear meltdown cost?

Nov 30, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/732384--how-much-would-a-nuclear-meltdown-cost?bn=1

Help Africa fight AIDS

Nov 30, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/732339--help-africa-fight-aids

Protecting nature in our neighbourhoods saves us money

Nov 30, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Tillsonburg News
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2199327

Fuelling fears

A uranium shortage could derail plans to go nuclear to cut carbon emissions
Nov 30, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15004034

Climate change seen as planet's defining crisis

New Harris-Decima poll finds that belief is held most strongly in Quebec, less so in the Prairies
Nov 30, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/climate-change-seen-as-planets-defining-crisis/article1382640/

PM stands firm on 'modest' emissions cuts despite UN plea

Bypassing Ban Ki-moon's call for more ambitious targets, Harper plans only 'minor adjustments' to Canada's commitments
Nov 30, 2009
STEVEN CHASE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/pm-stands-firm-on-modest-emissions-cuts-despite-un-plea/article1382200/

Canadian PM a voice of reason on climate change

Nov 30, 2009
Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=6258

Why dismiss dissent?

Climate change skeptics a breath of fresh air, not off their rockers
Nov 30, 2009
PETER WORTHINGTON
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/2009/11/30/11975491-sun.html

Lack of climate debate hobbles policy

New Global Warming Policy Foundation to hold open, honest debate
Nov 30, 2009
Nigel Lawson
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/11/30/lack-of-climate-debate-hobbles-policy.aspx

Is there a 3rd wave of H1N1 in the cards for this winter? Who knows?

Nov 29, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iSZVczyETF54i1YlBfv7uFoViZAA

Second wave of H1N1 pandemic may have peaked: health officials

Nov 29, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Second+wave+H1N1+pandemic+have+peaked+Health+officials/2282844/story.html

Answers to crucial questions about climate change in Alberta

Limiting global warming to two degrees 'impossible' without binding targets
Nov 29, 2009
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/business/Answers+crucial+questions+about+climate+change+Alberta/2282077/story.html

Climate hot topic again

New greenhouse gas treaty likely at conference
Nov 29, 2009
PETER ZIMONJIC
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2009/11/29/11968036-sun.html

Oil-sands hysteria only confuses climate debate

Nov 29, 2009
Ed Stelmach
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/731931

Climategate --The investigations begin

Nov 29, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/11/29/lawrence-solomon-climategate-the-investigations-begin.aspx

Please, Canada, clean up your act

On Tues. Dec. 1, George Monbiot will argue in favour of a strong response to climate change with Canada's Green Party leader Elizabeth May in the 2009 Munk Debates. They will face Bjorn Lomborg and Nigel Lawson who will argue against the resolution.
Nov 27, 2009
George Monbiot
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/please-canada-clean-up-your-act/article1380768/

Joint Royal Society - NERC - Met Office climate science statement

Nov 26, 2009
The Royal Society (UK)
http://royalsociety.org/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=4294969089