>From what I hear the Harper govt seems to have been way outdoing Bush
> in hobbling scientists in this direction for years now.
>
The Canadian government is making a valiant effort to outsuck its southern neighbor in all sorts of ways. See, for example:
http://www.ragazou.qc.ca/?p=32156
>From a purely selfish perspective, I can't claim I don't see some benefit
in this ...
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."