Fundamental science falling by the wayside in Canada

The number of Canadian researchers conducting fundamental research has collapsed over the past decade, changing ‘the very nature of how science is conducted in Canada’. A report on restoring Canada’s research competitiveness from the Global Young Academy, made up of scientists at the start of independent research careers, states that the researchers they canvassed ‘are sounding the alarm bell for our future as a global leader for innovation, discovery and thoughtful progress in a world where the reasoned search for truth has never been more important’.