Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Why it's hard to buy innovation

Jul 20, 2010
William Watson
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/hard+innovation/3298442/story.html
Why does Canada lag other OECD members in almost every measure of business sector innovation? What needs to change?
Jul 21, 2010
Kevin Lynch
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/productivity/article1647500.ece
Rotman Dean Roger Martin and innovation expert John Armstrong answered reader questions
Jul 19, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/productivity/canadas-poor-innovation-and-productivity-record/article1645073/
Jul 23, 2010
Genome Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Advancing-Technology-Innovation-Through-Discovery-A-New-Partnership-Between-Canadian-1294818.htm
Jul 26, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Encourages-Youth-to-Pursue-Science-and-Engineering-1295448.htm
Jul 26, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-New-Research-at-Canadas-Colleges-1295358.htm
Jul 27, 2010
MICHAEL LEA
THE WHIG-STANDARD
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2686085
'Science is going to be the key to all this'
Jul 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/19/arctic-research-coast-guard.html

Centre of excellence a 'magnet'

Advanced learning sector expected to create 300 new jobs within the next five years in the new collaborative establishment to be built in the capital city's Knowledge Park
Jul 24, 2010
John Pollack
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1148166
Funding to come from federal government, Gates foundation
Jul 20, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/20/hiv-research-canada-gates.html
July 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/20/hiv-funding-vienna-declaration.html
British biotechnology is set to get a boost with a fancy new research centre
Jul 19, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21008577
Hope linear particle collider will give better picture of moments after big bang
Jul 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/26/new-atom-smasher-726.html
A huge international fusion-reactor project faces funding difficulties
Jul 22, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16635938
Jul 21, 2010
Daniel Paul O'Donnell
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Humanities+science+frontier/3303742/story.html
Munir Sheikh had no choice but to resign as head of Statistics Canada
Jul 23, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/stats-crash-at-the-corner-of-ideology-and-reason/article1648768/

Where the truth lies...

Jul 26, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/where-the-truth-lies/
This is not just an Alberta fight. We need to wage a campaign in all 50 states around Canadian interests
Jul 27, 2010
Colin Robertson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/lets-act-like-an-energy-superpower/article1652417/
Starbucks II; Animal cannot be used for meat or breeding
Jul 27, 2010
ANNE SUTHERLAND
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/montreal/Canada+first+cloned+bull+goes+public/3326274/story.html
Jul 26, 2010
Leslie Twilley
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/Harper+government+should+defer+statisticians+collect+needed+data/3322694/story.html
National Statistics Council joins census debate the day before former StatsCan boss to speak out on why he quit
Jul 26, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/840267--government-appointed-advisory-group-says-canadians-need-full-census-info?bn=1
Jul 26, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/news/national/Council+Compromise+census+battle/3323368/story.html
Scrapping the mandatory long form stems from libertarian convictions, insiders say
Jul 26, 2010
Michael Valpy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harpers-census-push-months-in-the-making/article1651526/
Some say the issue will remind voters of a string of incidents in which the government has interfered with the federal public service
Jul 26, 2010
TIM NAUMETZ
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/census1-07-26-2010

Beware of solar energy windfalls

The virtue of solar power alone cannot justify government guarantees of outrageous rates of return
Jul 26, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/beware-of-solar-energy-windfalls/article1650374/

Proceed with caution on shale gas

Jul 26, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/838951--hamilton-proceed-with-caution-on-shale-gas
Jul 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/26/bc-flathead-unesco-report.html
Jul 26, 2010
Maggie Fox
Reuters
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Study+suggests+climate+change+will+boost+Mexican+emigration/3325784/story.html
'I think it's a total coverup,' says University of Alberta ecology professor and water expert David Schindler
Jul 26, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/environment-07-26-2010
Yukon Liberal MP Larry Bagnell says he's still concerned Coast Guard wouldn't have capacity to respond to a large oil spill
Jul 26, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/coastguard-07-26-2010
Some contain the caffeine equivalent of 10 cans of cola
Jul 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/26/caffeinated-energy-drinks.html
Jul 25, 2010
JIM TRAVERS
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/TheNovaScotian/1193659.html
Jul 25, 2010
Barry Smit & Tristan Pearce
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/839644--the-science-of-climate-change-is-alive-and-well
Jul 26, 2010
Andrew Chung
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/quebec/article/839794--quebec-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-on-gas-from-shale
No fun with numbers
Jul 24, 2010
Aaron Wherry
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/24/no-fun-with-numbers/
More pain than gain expected. 'It was an exercise in bad government to suddenly spring this on the public'
Jul 24, 2010
MEAGAN FITZPATRICK
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Tory+grip+census+decision+puzzles+experts/3317524/story.html

Clement Refusing To Back Down

Jul 24, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/toronto/Clement+Refusing+Back+Down/3316687/story.html

Clement to face MPs on census

July 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/07/23/census-clement-statscan.html
Peer-reviewed, scientific studies say one thing, 'research' that the Harper government uses says another. That could cost us dearly
Jul 24, 2010
Peter McKnight
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Ideology+reality+drives+Tories+AIDS+policy/3318032/story.html
Jul 24, 2010
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/839678--gorrie-ontario-should-follow-b-c-s-lead-on-eco-fees
Everything from businesses to delivery of social services to be effected by scrapping long-form census
Jul 23, 2010
John Lorinc and Tavia Grant
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/why-the-census-matters-just-about-everywhere/article1650524/
Jul 23, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Model+excellence+doubt/3312307/story.html
Jul 23, 2010
Les Whittington
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/839407--tony-clement-will-appear-at-commons-committee-to-explain-role-in-census-crisis
Jul 23, 2010
Chad Skelton
Postmedia News
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Census+move+will+skew+data+experts/3312709/story.html
Jul 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/07/23/mb-census-letter-manitoba.html

Research on census wanting

Jul 23, 2010
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/editorials/research-on-census-wanting-99088014.html
Jul 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/23/aids-montaner.html
Jul 23, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/23/hiv-prisons.html

ATVs damaging fish habitat: DFO

Jul 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/23/nb-atv-salmon-dfo-warning-533.html
The return of the smokey old two-stroke—as an eco-friendly motor
Jul 23, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21008760
Common in tropics, disease has also killed in B.C.
Jul 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/23/cryptococcus-fungus-infections-cdc.html
Canada's Economic Action Plan strengthens the economy and helps Vancouver businesses grow
Jul 22, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Innovative-Small-and-Medium-Sized-Firms-1294587.htm
Jul 23, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Increasing-Knowledge-Canadas-North-Protecting-Natural-Heritage-1295040.htm
Jul 23, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Natural-Resources-Canada-The-Government-Canada-Invests-Clean-Energy-Atlantic-Canada-1294775.htm
Agency’s credibility at risk over perception of political interference
Jul 22, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/calls-grow-for-arms-length-statscan/article1649084/
Resignation of Statscan’s chief is in itself exceptional
Jul 22, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/john-ibbitson/long-or-short-tories-must-retreat-on-the-census/article1648011/
Already-marginalized communities won't get data they urgently need
Jul 22, 2010
Wayne Morris
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Census+changes+unfair+First+Nations/3308539/story.html
The census of Canada is an actual counting procedure, and underpins all the surveys, studies and polls that claim to be representative. That is why a voluntary survey cannot be a substitute for a mandatory census.
Jul 22, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/on-the-census-canada-should-accept-no-substitute/article1648942/
Jul 22, 2010
Bruce Campion-Smith & and Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/census/article/838401--statscan-chief-quits-over-census-furor
AIDS still kills 2m people a year. But the rate of new infections is falling and it is possible to imagine bringing the disease under control
Jul 22, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16635916
Senators blame 'terribly disappointing' lack of Republican support
Jul 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/22/us-energy-bill.html

BBC asbestos report slams Canada

Major investigation questions Canada's commitment to chrysotile production
Jul 22, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/22/bbc-investigates-asbestos.html
Jul 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/22/arctic-ocean-ice-free-carbon-sink.html

Mouse pain study met ethics rules

Jul 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/22/mouse-pain-ethics.html
Jul 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/22/pei-green-crab-invasive-584.html
Making survey voluntary will have 'negative, long-term consequences,' Ontario warns; only Alberta reserves judgment
Jul 21, 2010
Steven Chase, Karen Howlett and Tavia Grant
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/provinces-rally-against-ottawa-as-anger-over-census-mounts/article1646827/
In a public rebuke of Ottawa, head of respected agency rejects assertion that voluntary survey can replace mandatory one: ‘It can not’
Jul 21, 2010
Steven Chase and Tavia Grant
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/statistics-canada-chief-falls-on-sword-over-census/article1647348/
The resignation of Munir Sheikh, Canada's chief statistician, represents the loss of a respected public servant, and a further blow to the credibility of a venerable agency
Jul 21, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/federal-statistical-folly-in-full-view/article1647903/
Jul 21, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot and Amy Minsky
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/todays-paper/Canadians+split+over+census+poll+shows/3302427/story.html
Jul 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/21/north-bioprospecting-nunavut-tunngavik-profit-sharing.html
Jul 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/21/pei-anoxic-rivers-584.html
Scientific statement argues the criminalization of drug use is fuelling HIV/AIDS epidemic
Jul 21, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/abandoning-moralistic-war-on-drugs-becomes-centrepiece-of-aids-meeting/article1646891/
Jul 21, 2010
Jim Morris
MCT
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Lobbyists+push+deadly+asbestos+developing+nations/3306405/story.html
Jul 21, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Bombardier-National-Research-Council-Canada-Strengthen-Collaboration-on-Technology-Development-TSX-BBD.A-1293639.htm
Statscan insiders say Industry Minister’s comments playing down effects of voluntary survey enraged staff
Jul 20, 2010
John Ibbitson, Tavia Grant and John Lorinc
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/clement-accused-of-misrepresenting-census-impact/article1645585/

The great census crisis of 2010

Jul 20, 2010
Tasha Kheiriddin
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/great+census+crisis+2010/3297850/story.html

The geography of geoengineering

If people start tampering with the climate, they will find new causes for disagreement
Jul 20, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21008696
Jul 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/20/north-alaska-yukon-chinook-salmon.html
Energy officials meet in Washington
Jul 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/20/sask-carbon-sequestration-weyburn.html
Jul 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/20/pei-flumist-sweet-584.html
Jul 20, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/20/penguins-starving-brazil.html
Jul 20, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/07/20/ontario-eco-fees691.html
Jul 20, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-and-US-Invest-in-Leading-Carbon-Capture-and-Storage-Project-1292773.htm
Jul 20, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Natural-Resources-Canada-Government-Canada-Continues-Global-Leadership-on-Energy-Efficiency-1292793.htm
Response rates dropped by a third and Congress was told it would have been too costly to send out survey to more households
Jul 19, 2010
Jennifer Ditchburn
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/us-tested-then-scrapped-voluntary-census/article1645137/
Harper government accused of taking wrong approach to curbing the spread of HIV by neglecting harm-reduction programs in favor of punishment
Jul 19, 2010
James Keller
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/war-on-drugs-fuels-hiv-epidemic-as-governments-ignore-science-experts-say/article1644869/
Jul 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/19/first-nation-pandemic-plan.html
50 lives estimated to have been saved
Jul 19, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/19/ont-flu-h1n1-study.html
Jul 19, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Highlights-Canadas-Role-Within-Global-Aerospace-Value-Chains-Farnborough-1292014.htm
Jul 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/07/16/hiv-antiretroviral-study.html
The elimination of the long-form questionnaire will result in losses across many areas of Canada's public life. Yet the federal government has yet to offer any reasons for getting rid of it that can stand up to scrutiny.
Jul 18, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/flawed-arguments-for-census-changes/article1643217/