The X-Files The Truth Is in the Archives, but Access Is Restricted
During the Forty-first Parliament of Canada, the situation of Library and Archives Canada (LAC) became a minor political flashpoint in the long drama of a declining government, in part, because the autocratic character of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s state magnified the underfunding problem of th...
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| Published in | Minds Alive pp. 185 - 230 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Toronto
University of Toronto Press
20.11.2019
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | During the Forty-first Parliament of Canada, the situation of Library and Archives Canada (LAC) became a minor political flashpoint in the long drama of a declining government, in part, because the autocratic character of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s state magnified the underfunding problem of these long-established Canadian institutions.¹ A government that disdained scientific knowledge generally, and exhibited even more intense hostility towards science produced by government scientists, could not project much real interest in libraries or archives. Consequently, reports of the loss of collections, a sort of book burning through fiscal restraint, circulated with velocity and were readily accepted as |
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| ISBN: | 1487505272 9781487505271 |
| DOI: | 10.3138/9781487531881-018 |