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An episode of CBC\u2019s The Current<\/em><\/a>, hosted by Chris Hadfield, dealt with the Canadian government\u2019s increasing support for commercial research over basic research. In 2013, the federal government decreed that every new dollar of research funding would be earmarked for commercial research. \u00a0One of the guests, Matt Herder, professor in Medicine and Law at Dalhousie, quoted the statistic that while NSERC\u2019s Discovery and Training grants are projected to decline by 20% between 2010 and 2015, its industry-partnered grants are expected to rise 25%\u2014a trend that may hold at other of Canada\u2019s granting agencies. Daniel Guitton, the McGill neuroscientist, criticized this emphasis on commercially-oriented funding.<\/p>\n\n\n

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