"Canada receives the award because the new government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has flushed years of climate policies down the drain, and is completely ‘Missing In Action’ at a COP where multilateralism needs to be saved." - Climate Action Network International

Scientific program chairs @rcbagot.bsky.social and @markcembrowski.bsky.social have put together a great program: can-acn.org/meeting-2026... - Now is your chance to contribute also!

So Canadian researchers are left fighting over the same ol’ 🍯 but we will attract more international talent w big bucks & no sustainability plan 🤔
#budget2025 3/

It’s insulting to tell 🇨🇦 scientists we need international scientists to run to our rescue & ensure innovation.

🇨🇦 scientists have exceeded expectations with paltry funding. If the gov funded Tricouncil > & sustainably; imagine how innovative we’d already be!! /End

Increasing support to researchers already in Canada by allocating this $1B to tri-council funding and infrastructure would go a VERY long way.

Research labs provide training and employment, strengthen innovation, and produce findings that can benefit all Canadians.
2/

Two large studies have been commissioned by the
@liberal_party
on how to improve and enhance the Canadian research ecosystem, and it is almost as if they were after thoughts deemed irrelevant.

Instead #budget2025 seems to focus more on provide tax breaks for industry.

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If #Budget2025 is supposed to be one that is "generational," it is a shame that investing in those who are already here and contributing to Canada's future have been completely overlooked.

/fin

Those 1000 new researchers will also compete with the rest of us for the same amount of tricouncil funding. So, expect grant success rates to get worse