Government acknowledges concerns, goes ahead with research centre cuts

Feds foolishly stand pat on research program cuts

Ottawa has blown a huge opportunity to reverse a poor decision it made earlier this year to cut seven federally funded agricultural research stations across the country and 655 personnel. Last week, federal agriculture and agri-food minister Heath MacDonald announced he was ignoring the recommendation of an all-party

Government acknowledges concerns, goes ahead with research centre cuts

The government response to an agriculture committee recommendation to stop and reverse the planned closures indicates it will continue with its plan to close seven facilities across the country.

Ottawa rejects call to reverse closures of agricultural research facilities

The federal government is moving ahead with the closure of seven agricultural research facilities despite a parliamentary committee's call to pause and reverse the decision.