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MPs, Senators say Parliament needs its own scientific adviser, especially after COVID

MPs and Senators say, after going through COVID, Parliament needs its own scientific adviser who can brief Canada's federal law-makers on complicated scientific policy, especially in an age of disinformation and global pandemics.

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BY NATHAN FUNG
October 24, 2023

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Good science advice is not about trying to make everyone think like a scientist. Rather, it's about maintaining a trusted, ongoing, and open dialogue with the wider public and the polity.

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Good science advice is not about trying to make everyone think like a scientist. Rather, it's about maintaining a trusted, ongoing, and open dialogue with the wider public and the polity.

Feds’ suicide prevention framework ‘fiscally irresponsible, scientifically invalid,’ and ‘made people feel good’ without results, say Senators

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Senator Ratna Omidvar says an updated framework will need to focus on the overrepresentation of boys and men in Canada’s suicide rate.

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Speech is free, but lies cost: misinformation and health systems reform

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER

As federal, provincial/territorial discussions on health care proceed over the next months, it is necessary that they include how to effectively identify and address health misinformation.