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US President Trump's War on Science

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US President Donald Trump has launched a full-scale war on American scientists and researchers.

The challenges feel eerily familiar to Canada ’s own “ War on Science ” ( 2006-2015 ) when the Conservative government slashed research funding, restricted climate science, and muzzled government scientists.

In 2024 alone, the National Institutes of Health provided Canadian researchers over $58 million in funding for hundreds of research projects.

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