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Canadian Government Trucking Generations of Scientific Data To the Dump

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-look-on-wikipedia dept.

sandbagger writes "Canada's science documents are literally being taken to the dump. The northern nation's scientific community has been up in arms over the holidays as local scientific libraries and records offices were closed and their shelves — some of which contained century old data — emptied into dumpsters. Stephen Harper's Tory government is claiming that the documents have been digitized. The scientists say, 'The people who use this research don’t have any say in what is being saved or tossed aside.'"

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  1. This is goddamned appalling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No. Seriously.

  2. He who fails to learn from history... by HellCatF6 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... is doomed to repeat it.

    Does anyone else get the impression that we're on the downside of civilization?

  3. Re:Wouldn't be an issue.. by i_ate_god · · Score: 5, Insightful

    not to mention the fact that a lot of this research was paid for by the tax payer. This is knowledge that Canadian citizens have a right to access

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    I'm god, but it's a bit of a drag really...