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MPs, Senators say Parliament needs its own scientific adviser, especially after COVID

MPs and Senators say, after going through COVID, Parliament needs its own scientific adviser who can brief Canada's federal law-makers on complicated scientific policy, especially in an age of disinformation and global pandemics.

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BY NATHAN FUNG
October 24, 2023

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