Canadian scientists offer support to muzzled US counterparts

For nine years under Canada's previous government, science suffered harsh restrictions. Now US scientists may be facing a similar fate

Canadian scientists - who were muzzled for nearly a decade by the country's previous Conservative government - have been making contact with their counterparts in the US to offer their support and solidarity amid mounting fears that Donald Trump's presidency will seek to suppress climate science.

For nine years, scientists with Canada's federal government grappled with what many described as an all out assault on science.