The Phantom Menace

According to the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada -- the union that represents the more than 57,000 professionals and scientists in the public service -- 139 employees of Environment Canada have received 'affected' notices.

The union represents 41 different knowledge-based groups, from auditors to museum staff, from health professionals to engineers, from air traffic controllers to (the largest group) IT professionals.

So, of those 139 Environment Canada employees represented by PIPSC (the union of professionals and scientists), how many are actually scientists?  They aren't saying.

But, how many of those 139 employees have been fired to date?  Zero.  That's right, none.

There's your war on environmental science.