At WSIC’s last event, two speakers persuasively made the point that preventing government scientists from sharing their advice with the public is foolish policy.  Professor Jeffrey Hutchings, Professor of Biology at Dalhousie, criticized the Conservatives, but also offered a first-hand account of how such policy affected the Eastern fishery under the Liberals.  Around 1992, the Cod fishery was collapsing, and Liberal government permission for fishing was at odds with scientific evidence.  Now, it may be fair to have policy that is contrary to science, but …