“A government that believes in fact-based legislation doesn’t starve itself of the funds required to find those facts. Unless it’s not really interested in facts at all. There, in a nutshell, is Peter MacKay’s approach to drafting laws: Ideology first, evidence never. How can MacKay — with a straight face — assure the public that his legislation is constitutional when the government purposefully suppresses evidence to the contrary?”
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2015/01/18/please-dont-confuse-peter-mackay-with-facts/