Canada Ping!
Posted on 06/02/2014 6:49:29 AM PDT by shove_it
Meteorologists are paid to talk expansively about the weather. But in Canada, they have to choose their words a little more carefully.
The government has made it clear that none of the meteorologists on its payroll should be talking about climate change, according to a new report. It’s unclear how long this rule has been in effect, but Environment Canada, the government entity that shares weather and meteorological information publicly, explained its position in a statement to us.
“Our Weather Preparedness Meteorologists are experts in their field of severe weather and speak to this subject. Questions about climate change or long-term trends would be directed to a climatologist or other applicable authority,” said Danny Kingsberry, a spokesman for Environment Canada.
Some scientists aren’t too happy about it. “It’s all very scary,” said Dr. Chris Metcalfe, Director of the Institute for Watershed Science at Trent University. “It’s all about controlling the message. In my estimation the government doesn’t want the work of environmentalists running counter to their official policies.”
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Our local meteorologists say it’s a load of cr**.
Shouldn’t he be busy with the VA?
Canuck ping
Since about the time Dudley Doo-Right was courting Nel Canada has had a bit of a virulent, though occasionally recessive, totalitarian streak. Recessive meaning merely that, in the early days, it wasn’t always visible.
The American Meteorological Society pretty much did the same thing when it politicized the organization here in the US. I dumped them and asked to have my name removed from the roster of Seal of Approval holders in TV. They’re into thought control just the same as the Canuckian government. It’s all settled science ya know. The debate is over.
Canada Ping!
The source for the story avers it’s the other way around. They fear weathermen are going to get like the US based Weather Channel and jump on board this thing. Since Canada needs lots of energy to keep going in its cold and largely rural environs, it sees warmism as a marked folly.
Joe Bastardi is the man on this subject....he agrees it’s all “a load of crap”.
and if Justin Trudeau gets the top job he will go crazy to try to catch up with Obama in destroying a country
If that crackpot wins, it will hasten the west’s departure.
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