Canada's mounting plagiarism discussion
A recent addition to the various charges of plagiarism being tossed around in Canada is the following from the Globe and Mail, reproducing work from a blog by Stephen Taylor -->
You be the judge.
From an article written by Charles Mandel for Canwest on March 7th, 2008:
In a major forthcoming report on Canada's changing climate, scientists warn of everything from increased severe storm activity in Atlantic Canada to hotter summers and poorer air quality in urban Ontario. British Columbia may face retreating glaciers and snow loss on its mountains, causing potential water shortages. The Prairie provinces will continue to struggle with drought, impacting agriculture rurally and potentially causing water rationing in urban areas.
On March 14th, 2008, Stephane Dion gave a speech on climate change which included the following paragraph:
In a new report released quietly last week by the federal Department of Natural Resources, 145 leading Canadian scientists warned that Canada's changing climate will lead to everything from increased severe storms in Atlantic Canada to drought in the Prairies. British Columbia may face retreating glaciers and snow loss on its mountains, causing potential water shortages. There will be hotter summers and poorer air quality in urban Ontario. And the Prairies will continue to struggle with drought, affecting agriculture and potentially causing water rationing in urban areas.
In the United States, we have a major plagiarist running for vice-president, but the plagiarism issue just simply does not arise. Repeating the truths of others without credit is a bad thing, but stating falsities deprives the public of knowing the truth.
****Elsewhere in the Globe and Mail-->
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper brushed off fresh charges of plagiarism Saturday, saying phrases in one of his speeches — lines apparently first spoken by a former Ontario premier — are nothing more than political boilerplate.
The Liberals have twice this week accused Mr. Harper of cribbing from other political leaders.
On Friday, a Liberal news release compared lines from a 2002 speech by former Conservative premier Mike Harris with a Mr. Harper address given two months later. Three sentences are nearly identical.
A few days earlier, it was revealed that large parts of a speech Mr. Harper gave as Opposition leader in 2003 — urging Canada to send troops to Iraq — were copied from an address by then-Australian prime minister John Howard.
You be the judge.
From an article written by Charles Mandel for Canwest on March 7th, 2008:
In a major forthcoming report on Canada's changing climate, scientists warn of everything from increased severe storm activity in Atlantic Canada to hotter summers and poorer air quality in urban Ontario. British Columbia may face retreating glaciers and snow loss on its mountains, causing potential water shortages. The Prairie provinces will continue to struggle with drought, impacting agriculture rurally and potentially causing water rationing in urban areas.
On March 14th, 2008, Stephane Dion gave a speech on climate change which included the following paragraph:
In a new report released quietly last week by the federal Department of Natural Resources, 145 leading Canadian scientists warned that Canada's changing climate will lead to everything from increased severe storms in Atlantic Canada to drought in the Prairies. British Columbia may face retreating glaciers and snow loss on its mountains, causing potential water shortages. There will be hotter summers and poorer air quality in urban Ontario. And the Prairies will continue to struggle with drought, affecting agriculture and potentially causing water rationing in urban areas.
In the United States, we have a major plagiarist running for vice-president, but the plagiarism issue just simply does not arise. Repeating the truths of others without credit is a bad thing, but stating falsities deprives the public of knowing the truth.
****Elsewhere in the Globe and Mail-->
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper brushed off fresh charges of plagiarism Saturday, saying phrases in one of his speeches — lines apparently first spoken by a former Ontario premier — are nothing more than political boilerplate.
The Liberals have twice this week accused Mr. Harper of cribbing from other political leaders.
On Friday, a Liberal news release compared lines from a 2002 speech by former Conservative premier Mike Harris with a Mr. Harper address given two months later. Three sentences are nearly identical.
A few days earlier, it was revealed that large parts of a speech Mr. Harper gave as Opposition leader in 2003 — urging Canada to send troops to Iraq — were copied from an address by then-Australian prime minister John Howard.
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