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03/19/2009: "Canada's science minister gives beauty-pageantesque summary of evolution"

On Tuesday, Mr. Goodyear said twice during the CTV interview that he did believe in evolution.

"We are evolving every year, every decade. That's a fact, whether it is to the intensity of the sun, whether it is to, as a chiropractor, walking on cement versus anything else, whether it is running shoes or high heels, of course we are evolving to our environment. But that's not relevant and that is why I refused to answer the question. The interview was about our science and tech strategy, which is strong."

The MP from Cambridge, Ont., is a key figure in the controversy over the science funding crunch in Canada and, in particular, cuts in the January budget that left many senior researchers scrambling to find the money to continue their experiments. Some had expressed concern that Mr. Goodyear is suspicious of science, perhaps because he is a creationist.

On Tuesday, Liberal science critic Marc Garneau said that believing in evolution is not a job requirement for the science minister.

[ Yes, understanding evolution is a job requirement for the science minister of a western nation! This retard should acknowledge, as even the Pope does, that evolution is a reality. How far we have fallen (devolved?) ]

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