Duncan is doing a disservice to Canada's scientific community by pushing an agenda highlighted by personal opinion and subjective bias - everything you don't want in science. Duncan's affirmative agenda is patronizing and insulting to female scientists who don't require extra "support" from the Government to advance in their respective fields. Canadians would expect the Minister of Science to create policy based on objectivity but Duncan has championed the opposite by pushing an agenda of outcomes over merit.  This article will send shivers through STEM departments across Canada by injecting toxic gender-politics into science. Canadians support equal opportunity but equality of outcomes will create tension in the scientific community as questions will no doubt arise about whether promotions are based on affirmative gender policy instead of merit, because it's 2017...