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The Canadian Information Commission decided to open an investigation after journalist organizations accused officials of preventing them from interacting with government scientists.

Globe and Mail reports that the Canadian Information Commission will investigate seven government agencies - including the Department of Defense, the National Research Commission, and the Food Supervision Agency - to see which agencies prevent the media. contact with government scientists. That action is considered to be contrary to the Freedom of Information law.

The Commission's decision was announced after Victoria University's Center for Environmental Law (ELC) and Democracy Watch filed a lawsuit against the government to prevent scientists from publishing joint studies. environmental concerns.

Two scientists from Canada's National Research Council. (Photo: actionplan.gc.ca)

In the lawsuit, the ELC affirmed that the Canadian government violated the Freedom of Information Act as a systemic and behavioral act that made the media and the public unable to access government research results timely way.

The World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) and the Canadian Association of Science Journalists all affirmed that officials always sought to prevent them from interviewing government scientists.

Many Canadian government researchers confirm that the government prevents journalists from interviewing them. According to them, the government does so because the research results contradict the government's environmental policy.

Veronique Morin, former president of the Canadian Association of Scientific Journalists, stated that the Information Commission must find out whether the government enforces censorship for researchers.

'Important environmental, resource, food safety, seafood and ocean-related stories do not appear in the mass media in Canada because for years the government has prevented them from science talks about their research. I'm happy to know that the Information Commission has decided to investigate complaints, and I look forward to the committee's report to see that the democratic atmosphere is still in Canada , 'said Morin.