Scientists march on Canada's parliament

摘要

Some 2,000 researchers marched through the streets of Ottawa to Canada's Parliament Hill on 10 July, to protest against severe cuts to government research labs and-the scientists say-a lack of evidence-based decision-making in the Canadian government. Cutsrnto the federal budget this year have meant the closure of various scientific programmes, including the Experimental Lakes Area, a 44-year-old research station encompassing a system of 58 freshwater lakes in northwestern Ontario. See go.nature.com/dbz3bm for more.