2012-08-21

Closing doors on Canada’s history


Originally published on iPolitics.ca

By Valerie Knowles 

On June 19, 2012, Liberal MP David McGuinty rose in Question Period to ask which federal departments or agencies have closed or will be closing their libraries and what is the rationale for such closures. In posing these questions, the Member for Ottawa South spotlighted a development that has been quietly under way for months and that will seriously impede research – some of which should play a vital role in the formulation of evidence-based government policy – and undermine our understanding of Canada’s history.

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http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/08/10/val-knowles-closing-doors-on-canadas-history/

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