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”– all federal scientists must get pre-approval from their minister’s office before speaking to journalists who represent national or international media. The pre-approval process requires time-consuming drafting of questions and answers, scrutinized by as many as seven people, before a scientist can be given the go-ahead by the minister’s staff. This is to spare the minister ’any surprises’. What kind of politician needs that sort of pampering? And what kind of journalist submits questions for a scientist to a ministerial clearing house?”