The federal government should be more transparent about how it hands out money for science research and technology, said Preston Manning, the former leader of the Reform party.
It's not clear how the government decides how to divvy up the cash, and someone is always disappointed they didn't get more, Manning said.
"When they don't understand the process and the structure, I think there's suspicion," Manning told reporters in Ottawa.
Manning has been critical of Canada's science policies in the past, writing in a December 2007 Globe and Mail editorial that the lack of oversight during the medical isotopes shortage was in part due to a lack of engineers and scientists in Parliament and the lack of a dedicated science ministry.
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