University-Based Research

university-based research: Bill Blacks idea Nov. 16 column to divert 10 per cent of the estimated $300 million we spend on university-based research toward a Nova Scotia industry first research program to support our resource- and energy-based economic opportunities would be a good start, according to The Chronicle Herald. The Internet has fuelled a NIMBY revolution, where thought and respect take a backseat to loud and anecdotal. Left-wing Tea Party-style politics has become one of Nova Scotias growth industries and Sadly, the well-organized anti-everything lobbies able to fund full-page Herald ads objecting to growing salmon in pens and developing our energy resources will be in a better position to hijack these funds than any one company or provincial department. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.