FAQ

Bad Science Watch is not seeking to become a charity as that would be preclude us from focusing our resources on activism and political work. Under Canadian law, a charity may only use up to 10% [...]

Unfortunately, no. Bad Science Watch is a non-profit corporation, not a charity, and therefore we cannot issue tax receipts for donations.

Bad Science Watch is a federally incorporated non-profit corporation under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act. We are subject to all Canadian tax laws affecting non-profit corporations.

Bad Science Watch is developing both 5- and 10-year growth plans that include the hiring of an Executive Director, a Director of Communications and a Director of Development in the medium term, [...]

All donations are used to support our activism and research projects, and to pay for ongoing operational costs. Operational costs include organisational tools such as project management, [...]

Bad Science Watch currently obtains its funding in the form of private donations made by members of the public who support our work and goals. Donations from the public sector, non-profit [...]

Bad science comes in the form of the media’s frequent misreporting and exaggeration of the results of scientific studies; laws and regulations being devised based on selective interpretation of [...]

Sound science refers to a consensus of experts and a weight of evidence accumulated over time using the best practices of the scientific method, particularly high quality, peer-reviewed and [...]

Bad Science Watch maintains no affiliations with any other organizations. While individual volunteers with Bad Science Watch may be involved with other political, activist, or community groups, [...]

Bad Science Watch is a wholly independent organisation and is committed only to defending science in public policy and the media. Any apparent vested interests by executives, officers, advisors [...]