This is old news, but I didn't know about it until the other day, and it got a good reaction when I mentioned it to a few people last night, so here it is.
A few months ago, it was snowing on Mars.
The Canadian Space Agency knew this.
Why didn't we?
Because it was during election season and the PMO put a block on any government agency communicating with the media for any reason.
I'm still kind of cloudy as to exactly what damage would be done to the Conservatives' campaign by the public learning that a stunning discovery had been made on their watch.
But that's not even the worst part - the story still got out, because it was a NASA ship, and obviously Stephen Harper is unable to muzzle the American space program.
So, to recap: the Prime Minister's Office blocked the Canadian Space Agency from releasing news that could in no way look unfavourably among the Prime Minister, news that was also going to come out from other sources anyhow.
Well done, lads.
--Ryan
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