Canadian Government Kills Innovation

Canadian Government Kills Innovation

ResearchScienceinCanada,accordingtothecurrentfederalgovernmentpolicy,

basicandothertypesofresearchisentirelyfundedforapplieduseorsoitseems

fromwhatIhearinreadingaboutscienceandresearchinCanadaandfrom

FederalConservativegovernmentofficialsonradioandTV.

This sounds great if you're a cattle-winger who just became a politician because you

can't think past the gate enough and your dumb as nail like the current Ministers of

Departments like Fisheries and Oceans and other departments. You see, in order for

Innovation to Manufacture then Capitalize, Innovation has it's own steps. One of those

steps, perhaps one would call it the "most important" is what's called "Basic

Research" -and not just in areas where you see a use today.

"Basic Research" is things which usually don't always have an immediate use. The federal government killed Research funding and fired scientist and decimated their ability to do research. That is just one example.

The findings ofsuch research might have no applied use for the manufacturing and capitalization today but are needed for the innovation ofthings which we need tomorrow - thus the reason, the government is killing Innovation.

These findings,usually through iterative steps in further research and development of

several other projects, sometimes taking years and years, lead to the findings of such

intellectual knowledge that from it, there comes "Innovation" itself, of something so

profound that the years and years of basic research in areas which are non-relevant at

the time comes the first step required to "Manufacture" then "Capitalize" on those

very "Basic Research" findings which lead to "Innovation".

Canadian voices have stated this current approach is and has been killing Canadian

Science jobs by not fostering, supporting and retaining scientists, their research in

fields which they are trained for the sake of narrow minded political urgency to have

immediate applied science which has benefits today for end result prize winning but

not through iterative research leading to great innovations through the full life cycle of

research and development.

Scientists know the government has gone as far as destroying previous research and "muzzling" scientists from speaking up.

You ask how I know, I just heard it on CBC radio (Radio1 Sirus) which a handful of

people from a variety of political and scientific backgrounds laying evidence to a

Progressive Conservative government official defending these cut backs by noting

that his claims were detrimental to Canadians, Canadian future scientist, science

students and the debilitating of skills of current Canadian home grown scientists. I

agree fully that is what it appears is happening here is wrong.

What this federal government official defending the government approach was saying

is that the current Federal Party has given more money than any previous party to

research to science and this might be true but it only or primarily went to applied areas

which the government sees as applied uses for manufacturing and health care.

Unfortunately, halfor more than halfthe Manufacturing done in Canada is Foreign companies manufacturing on Canadian soil.

This Sounds Great but remember, politicians, especially Federal Tories in Canada, are

the only ones who think they're doing the right things with this narrow minded, ill

approach which leaves Canadian current, future scientists and science overall, behind.

(Above Charts, www,http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/2013-

28-e.htm, 2013, Government of Canada )

That money which was spent went primarily to research which covers Alberta oil

sands work and related work and areas where they see use. It's not just the end result

which science is celebrated for -it is every step of a full life cycle set of projects

which gets that result. The publishing of papers and intellectual property working

within the science and global business communities makes money -I'd say just as

much if not more when all areas of science are utilized not just the ending result.

Somecommonproblemswiththiscurrentapproachis:

Kills other areas where research and innovation can exist

Required the firing and disabling of Canadian Scientist and Research Projects

Keeping current and other scientist quiet and muzzled from speaking up for not letting

scientists decide the future of science, it's research and methods which lead to

innovations for tomorrows world, whether non-science people see a use for it today or

not.

Blackmail is what the current government might be using a tactic when they "Muzzle"

scientists for standing for this right

On CBC Radio1 Tonight on SirusRadio, the government official from the Progressive

Party of Canada said there were other scientists who were powering the

researchandthose scientist, we're not Canadian. Theygotthemfromothernations

becausethecurrentTorygovernmentwasunabletoproducehomegrowntalent

becauselackoffundingintheseareasaswellaseducation(fromwhatIgather)

The findings ofsuch previously noted "basic research" in a variety offields might

have no applied use today for the manufacturing and capitalization today but are

neededfor the innovation ofthings which we need tomorrow -thusthereason,

thegovernmentiskillingInnovation.

Author: Randeep Dosanjh

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