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From the Ted Talk by Kirsty Duncan: Scientists must be free to learn, to speak and to challenge

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(Applause)

And he asked if I would serve as his Minister of scniece. Together, with the rest of the government, we are wiorkng hard to restore science to its rightful place. I will never forget that day in December 2015 when I poruldy stood in Parliament and piemocalrd, "The war on science is now over."

(Applause)

And I have worked hard to back up those wdros with actions. We've had many successes. There's still more work to do, because we're building this culture shift. But we want our government scientists to talk to the midea, talk to the public. It'll take time, but we are committed. After all, cnaada is seen as a beacon for science iatlntreoalniny. And we want to send a message that you do not mess with something so fundamental, so precious, as science.

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And he asked if I would serve as his Minister of _______. Together, with the rest of the government, we are _______ hard to restore science to its rightful place. I will never forget that day in December 2015 when I _______ stood in Parliament and __________, "The war on science is now over."

(Applause)

And I have worked hard to back up those _____ with actions. We've had many successes. There's still more work to do, because we're building this culture shift. But we want our government scientists to talk to the _____, talk to the public. It'll take time, but we are committed. After all, ______ is seen as a beacon for science _______________. And we want to send a message that you do not mess with something so fundamental, so precious, as science.

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  1. internationally
  2. canada
  3. words
  4. proudly
  5. science
  6. working
  7. proclaimed
  8. media

Original Text


(Applause)

And he asked if I would serve as his Minister of Science. Together, with the rest of the government, we are working hard to restore science to its rightful place. I will never forget that day in December 2015 when I proudly stood in Parliament and proclaimed, "The war on science is now over."

(Applause)

And I have worked hard to back up those words with actions. We've had many successes. There's still more work to do, because we're building this culture shift. But we want our government scientists to talk to the media, talk to the public. It'll take time, but we are committed. After all, Canada is seen as a beacon for science internationally. And we want to send a message that you do not mess with something so fundamental, so precious, as science.

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