{"id":421984,"date":"2026-01-18T19:15:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=421984"},"modified":"2026-01-18T19:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:17:25","slug":"canada-climate-policy-built-on-corrupt-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=421984","title":{"rendered":"Canada Climate Policy Built on Corrupt\u00a0Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"659\" data-attachment-id=\"421998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=421998\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AQPkh3fEDqo0lgeV0lKSchR_XHwDuNPoDrmEs1Rah8tyKUgVpyfSo71GGeLcAaKw_oN4GnqAyMehmtdzyHxT1wiSCqzqU1OTS_x61uFkcewjF1dEt0wR1Pzhjz9hGVAI.jpeg?fit=1041%2C949&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1041,949\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AQPkh3fEDqo0lgeV0lKSchR_XHwDuNPoDrmEs1Rah8tyKUgVpyfSo71GGeLcAaKw_oN4GnqAyMehmtdzyHxT1wiSCqzqU1OTS_x61uFkcewjF1dEt0wR1Pzhjz9hGVAI\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AQPkh3fEDqo0lgeV0lKSchR_XHwDuNPoDrmEs1Rah8tyKUgVpyfSo71GGeLcAaKw_oN4GnqAyMehmtdzyHxT1wiSCqzqU1OTS_x61uFkcewjF1dEt0wR1Pzhjz9hGVAI.jpeg?fit=723%2C659&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AQPkh3fEDqo0lgeV0lKSchR_XHwDuNPoDrmEs1Rah8tyKUgVpyfSo71GGeLcAaKw_oN4GnqAyMehmtdzyHxT1wiSCqzqU1OTS_x61uFkcewjF1dEt0wR1Pzhjz9hGVAI.jpeg?resize=723%2C659&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A dramatic scene featuring a green, horned figure holding a fiery globe, surrounded by four scientists in lab coats, bowing in prayer, with factories emitting smoke in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-421998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AQPkh3fEDqo0lgeV0lKSchR_XHwDuNPoDrmEs1Rah8tyKUgVpyfSo71GGeLcAaKw_oN4GnqAyMehmtdzyHxT1wiSCqzqU1OTS_x61uFkcewjF1dEt0wR1Pzhjz9hGVAI.jpeg?resize=1024%2C934&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AQPkh3fEDqo0lgeV0lKSchR_XHwDuNPoDrmEs1Rah8tyKUgVpyfSo71GGeLcAaKw_oN4GnqAyMehmtdzyHxT1wiSCqzqU1OTS_x61uFkcewjF1dEt0wR1Pzhjz9hGVAI.jpeg?resize=300%2C273&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AQPkh3fEDqo0lgeV0lKSchR_XHwDuNPoDrmEs1Rah8tyKUgVpyfSo71GGeLcAaKw_oN4GnqAyMehmtdzyHxT1wiSCqzqU1OTS_x61uFkcewjF1dEt0wR1Pzhjz9hGVAI.jpeg?resize=768%2C700&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AQPkh3fEDqo0lgeV0lKSchR_XHwDuNPoDrmEs1Rah8tyKUgVpyfSo71GGeLcAaKw_oN4GnqAyMehmtdzyHxT1wiSCqzqU1OTS_x61uFkcewjF1dEt0wR1Pzhjz9hGVAI.jpeg?resize=640%2C583&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AQPkh3fEDqo0lgeV0lKSchR_XHwDuNPoDrmEs1Rah8tyKUgVpyfSo71GGeLcAaKw_oN4GnqAyMehmtdzyHxT1wiSCqzqU1OTS_x61uFkcewjF1dEt0wR1Pzhjz9hGVAI.jpeg?w=1041&amp;ssl=1 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2026\/01\/17\/canada-climate-policy-built-on-corrupt-data\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"378\" data-attachment-id=\"421985\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=421985\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-332.png?fit=1200%2C628&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,628\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-332.png?fit=723%2C378&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-332.png?resize=723%2C378&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Text graphic reading 'CLIMATE DATA COVER-UP?' with a blue background and data wave patterns in the backdrop.\" class=\"wp-image-421985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-332.png?resize=1024%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-332.png?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-332.png?resize=768%2C402&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-332.png?resize=640%2C335&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-332.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tom Harris and Todd Royal explain why \u201cofficial\u201d temperature history from Canada government is distorted to invent warming where very little has actually ocurred.&nbsp; Their article:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americaoutloud.news\/is-canada-basing-its-climate-policies-on-decision-based-evidence-making\/\"><strong>Is Canada basing its climate policies on \u2018decision-based evidence-making?<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Politicians want us to believe that they base their decisions on solid, verifiable evidence. \u201cEvidence-based decision-making,\u201d they call it. But&nbsp;<strong>what if the decision is made first and then the data is selected, or left uncorrected,<\/strong>&nbsp;in order to support the now politically correct decision? That would then be \u201cdecision-based evidence-making.\u201d In other words, a complete<strong>&nbsp;corruption of honest decision-making.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"312\" data-attachment-id=\"421987\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=421987\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-333.png?fit=697%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"697,312\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-333.png?fit=697%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-333.png?resize=697%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A speaker at a conference discussing the importance of evidence-based policy in the energy sector, with a quote from Gerard Holland of the Page Research Center.\" class=\"wp-image-421987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-333.png?w=697&amp;ssl=1 697w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-333.png?resize=300%2C134&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-333.png?resize=640%2C286&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It seems that Environment and Climate Change Canada<strong>&nbsp;(ECCC) is doing exactly that<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>with<\/strong>&nbsp;the country\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>temperature data<\/strong>&nbsp;in order to support the<strong>&nbsp;government\u2019s mantra that Canada is \u201cwarming twice as fast as the global average.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;For,<strong>&nbsp;if the one-degree anomalous spike in Canada\u2019s \u201cmean temperature\u201d in 1998 is removed<\/strong>&nbsp;from the data, as even ECCC researchers themselves advocated previously should be done to preserve data integrity in cases like this,<strong>&nbsp;then&nbsp;Canada is not warming at all&nbsp;<\/strong>and much of the $200 billion spent on the climate file by the federal Liberal government since 2015 is a complete waste.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>In 2021, Dr. Joseph Hickey,<\/strong>&nbsp;a data scientist with a PhD in Physics, specializing in complexity science, then an employee of the Bank of Canada,<strong>&nbsp;alerted ECCC to this one-degree jump<\/strong>&nbsp;in temperature data across much of Canada, and asked for an explanation. The below&nbsp;<strong>graphs of<\/strong>&nbsp;mean, maximum and minimum temperatures constructed with<strong>&nbsp;data from three Canadian cities<\/strong>\u2014Moncton (on which Hickey&nbsp;<strong>illustrates the step change<\/strong>&nbsp;with red lines), Ottawa and Montreal\u2014are samples of those created by Hickey using ECCC data downloaded on November 11, 2025, data that is the same as that he sent to ECCC researchers as an attachment to his email of June 24, 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"210\" data-attachment-id=\"421990\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=421990\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-335.png?fit=980%2C285&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"980,285\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-335.png?fit=723%2C210&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-335.png?resize=723%2C210&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Line graphs showing temperature trends in Moncton from 1960 to 2020: Tmean, Tmax, and Tmin with marked average temperatures.\" class=\"wp-image-421990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-335.png?w=980&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-335.png?resize=300%2C87&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-335.png?resize=768%2C223&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-335.png?resize=640%2C186&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"208\" data-attachment-id=\"421991\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=421991\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-336.png?fit=980%2C282&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"980,282\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-336.png?fit=723%2C208&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-336.png?resize=723%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Time series graphs showing average temperature (Tmean), maximum temperature (Tmax), and minimum temperature (Tmin) recorded at Montreal Trudeau Airport from 1960 to 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-421991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-336.png?w=980&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-336.png?resize=300%2C86&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-336.png?resize=768%2C221&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-336.png?resize=640%2C184&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"215\" data-attachment-id=\"421993\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=421993\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-337.png?fit=980%2C292&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"980,292\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-337.png?fit=723%2C215&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-337.png?resize=723%2C215&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Three line graphs representing temperature data for Ottawa from 1960 to 2020. The left graph shows the mean temperature (Tmean), the middle graph displays the maximum temperature (Tmax), and the right graph illustrates the minimum temperature (Tmin).\" class=\"wp-image-421993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-337.png?w=980&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-337.png?resize=300%2C89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-337.png?resize=768%2C229&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-337.png?resize=640%2C191&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ignoring their previous position about the need to remove such sudden discontinuities from the data,<strong>&nbsp;ECCC<\/strong>&nbsp;staff had little to say and&nbsp;<strong>left the anomaly in the record, asserting that it was \u201cprobably\u201d a real sudden change in temperature.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Making matters&nbsp;<strong>worse<\/strong>, another Bank of Canada employee,<strong>&nbsp;economist Julien McDonald-Guimond,<\/strong>&nbsp;had already alerted ECCC by email on December 7, 2020, that he had<strong>&nbsp;found more than 10,000 instances of<\/strong>&nbsp;days for which&nbsp;the&nbsp;<strong>daily minimum temperature<\/strong>&nbsp;was&nbsp;<strong>greater than the daily maximum temperature<\/strong>. Again, ECCC staff had no reasonable justification.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With the Canadian government no longer his employer, so&nbsp;<strong>Hickey is now free to tell us<\/strong>&nbsp;all what has been going on behind the scenes. This Hickey did on December 23, 2025, when he&nbsp;<strong>published the blockbuster report<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/correlation-canada.org\/artificial-stepwise-increases-in-temperature-data-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artificial stepwise increases in homogenized surface air temperature data invalidate published climate warming claims for Canada<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dr. Hickey shows that, if you apply\u00a0<strong>ECCC\u2019s trend analysis method to their data<\/strong>, you find\u00a0<strong>an increase of 1.74\u00b0 C<\/strong>\u00a0(which is statistically significant) from 1948 to 2018. And then, he tells us, if you<strong>\u00a0correct for the one-degree step increase in 1998,<\/strong>\u00a0you find<strong>\u00a0only a 0.29\u00b0C rise<\/strong>. That small change \u201cis\u00a0<strong>indistinguishable from zero<\/strong>,\u201d explains Hickey. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201c<strong>There is no evidence of warming.<\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"642\" data-attachment-id=\"421994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=421994\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-338.png?fit=931%2C827&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"931,827\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-338.png?fit=723%2C642&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-338.png?resize=723%2C642&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Map of Canada displaying Tmean values across 302 stations from 1993-2002, with circles indicating data points; larger circles represent higher values\" class=\"wp-image-421994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-338.png?w=931&amp;ssl=1 931w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-338.png?resize=300%2C266&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-338.png?resize=768%2C682&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-338.png?resize=640%2C569&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Figure 7: Map showing Sr calculated using Tmean, for the break year 1998 with two five-year windows (1993-1997 and 1998-2002) for the 302 3rd generation AHCCD stations with sufficient data. Circle radius is proportional to the absolute value of Sr.\u00a0<strong>Circle colour<\/strong>\u00a0indicates Sr ranges as follows:<strong>\u00a0blue: Sr &lt; 0; black: 0 \u2264 Sr \u2264 1; red: Sr > 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Moncton, NB (Sr = 2.74) is indicated with a green circle, for reference.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In Figure 7, AHCCD stations with Sr &lt; 0 are coloured blue, while black indicates 0 \u2264 Sr \u2264 1, and red\u00a0indicates Sr > 1. The AHCCD records with the\u00a0<strong>largest stepwise increases<\/strong>\u00a0at 1998 are located in\u00a0<strong>Eastern and Central Canada<\/strong>\u00a0(including the stations listed in Table A), and there are<strong>\u00a0many records\u00a0<\/strong>with discernible steps at 1998\u00a0<strong>in the Prairies<\/strong>\u00a0(provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and\u00a0Alberta) and the north of the country.<strong>\u00a0British Columbia<\/strong>\u00a0remains the\u00a0<strong>main outlier<\/strong>, with most ofits AHCCD stations having no discernible steps at 1998.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"644\" data-attachment-id=\"421996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=421996\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-339.png?fit=913%2C813&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"913,813\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-339.png?fit=723%2C644&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-339.png?resize=723%2C644&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Map of Canada displaying temperature trend data from 1998 to 2018, with red circles indicating areas with a negative trend and blue circles showing areas with a positive trend. Circle sizes represent the magnitude of temperature change.\" class=\"wp-image-421996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-339.png?w=913&amp;ssl=1 913w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-339.png?resize=300%2C267&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-339.png?resize=768%2C684&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-339.png?resize=640%2C570&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Figure 8: Map of trend in Tmean over the period 1998-2018, for the 3rd generation AHCCD stations with sufficient data, calculated using linear least-squares fitting. Circle radius is proportional to the absolute value of the trend.\u00a0<strong>Blue circles<\/strong>\u00a0correspond to\u00a0<strong>negative trends<\/strong>\u00a0(trend &lt; 0) and<strong>\u00a0red circles<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>positive trends<\/strong>\u00a0(trend > 0).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In Figure 8, the&nbsp;<strong>trend for a particular Tmean record<\/strong>&nbsp;is equal to the slope (\u00b0C\/year) from a linear&nbsp;<\/em><em>least-squares fit to its data for 1998-2018, times 21 years. An AHCCD station was considered to&nbsp;<\/em><em>have sufficient data if its record had&nbsp;<strong>at least 350 days of non-missing daily data per year<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<\/em><em>every year from 1998 2018. Approximately<strong>&nbsp;two thirds of the AHCCD records<\/strong>&nbsp;with sufficient data&nbsp;<\/em><em><strong>have negative trends for 1998-2018<\/strong>&nbsp;using linear least-squares fitting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Summation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This report demonstrates Environment Canada\u2019s dismissive response to being alerted to&nbsp;<strong>a large,&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>apparently non-climatic artifact<\/strong>&nbsp;in its flagship temperature time-series product, an artifact&nbsp;<\/em><em>which could,&nbsp;<strong>on its own,&nbsp;<\/strong>be<strong>&nbsp;responsible for essentially all of the calculated warming<\/strong>&nbsp;for many&nbsp;<\/em><em>Canadian locations&nbsp;<strong>over the past six or seven decades.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The said apparent artifact, referred to as the \u201c1998 step-increase feature\u201d in this report, is a<strong>\u00a0stepwise increase of approximately 1\u00b0C in magnitude occurring in 1998<\/strong>\u00a0in the annual mean time-series of daily maximum, minimum, and mean temperatures\u00a0<strong>for many stations across Canada<\/strong>\u00a0in Environment Canada\u2019s Adjusted and Homogenized Canadian Climate Data (AHCCD).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians want us to believe that they base their decisions on solid, verifiable evidence. \u201cEvidence-based decision-making,\u201d they call it. But\u00a0what if the decision is made first and then the data is selected, or left uncorrected,\u00a0in order to support the now politically correct decision? That would then be \u201cdecision-based evidence-making.\u201d In other words, a complete\u00a0corruption of honest decision-making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":421998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9jbGltYXRlLXNjaWVuY2UucHJlc3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzAxXC9BUVBraDNmRURxbzBsZ2VWMGxLU2NoUl9YSHdEdU5Qb0RybUVzMVJhaDh0eUtVZ1ZweWZTbzcxR0dlTGNBYUt3X29ONEducUF5TWVobXRkenlIeFQxd2lTQ3F6cVUxT1RTX3g2MXVGa2Nld2pGMWRFdDB3UjFQemhqejloR1ZBSS5qcGVnP2ZpdD03MjMlMkM2NTkmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJDYW5hZGEgQ2xpbWF0ZSBQb2xpY3kgQnVpbHQgb24gQ29ycnVwdFx1MDBhMERhdGEiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTU1ODEyNDQ5fQ.FeecvlJMECrbF7FwLGruRfjIV3AEFAF0U3mWuGWWoR8MQ"},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691820083,691840800,691822950,691818087,691835226,691840028],"class_list":{"0":"post-421984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-daily-minimum-temperature","10":"tag-environment-and-climate-change-canada-eccc","11":"tag-global-warming","12":"tag-surface-air-temperature","13":"tag-tmax-daily-maximum-temperatures","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AQPkh3fEDqo0lgeV0lKSchR_XHwDuNPoDrmEs1Rah8tyKUgVpyfSo71GGeLcAaKw_oN4GnqAyMehmtdzyHxT1wiSCqzqU1OTS_x61uFkcewjF1dEt0wR1Pzhjz9hGVAI.jpeg?fit=1041%2C949&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1LMc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":424363,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=424363","url_meta":{"origin":421984,"position":0},"title":"Is Canada Really Warming?","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/02\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Is Canada really warming at double the global average rate, as the Canadian government says it is?","rel":"","context":"In \"Canada\"","block_context":{"text":"Canada","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=canada"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0AQMMNLR3WqPLOVUrRFIZHyOcFzWQNUO4L_-FMfhlj0brsro5DHQqx8Z8jmM5z8B4opdgJydnta7H-Ll4KwjH7qF2uqZVTiWDPRgqnDlRQKmuf8Fz5jbDiQ6Pr8XMayJV-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C717&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0AQMMNLR3WqPLOVUrRFIZHyOcFzWQNUO4L_-FMfhlj0brsro5DHQqx8Z8jmM5z8B4opdgJydnta7H-Ll4KwjH7qF2uqZVTiWDPRgqnDlRQKmuf8Fz5jbDiQ6Pr8XMayJV-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C717&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0AQMMNLR3WqPLOVUrRFIZHyOcFzWQNUO4L_-FMfhlj0brsro5DHQqx8Z8jmM5z8B4opdgJydnta7H-Ll4KwjH7qF2uqZVTiWDPRgqnDlRQKmuf8Fz5jbDiQ6Pr8XMayJV-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C717&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0AQMMNLR3WqPLOVUrRFIZHyOcFzWQNUO4L_-FMfhlj0brsro5DHQqx8Z8jmM5z8B4opdgJydnta7H-Ll4KwjH7qF2uqZVTiWDPRgqnDlRQKmuf8Fz5jbDiQ6Pr8XMayJV-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C717&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0AQMMNLR3WqPLOVUrRFIZHyOcFzWQNUO4L_-FMfhlj0brsro5DHQqx8Z8jmM5z8B4opdgJydnta7H-Ll4KwjH7qF2uqZVTiWDPRgqnDlRQKmuf8Fz5jbDiQ6Pr8XMayJV-1.jpeg?fit=1200%2C717&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":280375,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=280375","url_meta":{"origin":421984,"position":1},"title":"\u201cClimate Data\u201d Meant to Mislead","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"25\/09\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"ClimateData.ca\u00a0is a climate data portal supported financially by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and allegedly produced by Canada\u2019s \u201cleading climate organizations\u201d. 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