Bureaucrat making nearly $400K blows tax dollars on UFO survey Canadians don't care about
The Chief Science Advisor position itself—which pays Dr. Mona Nemer nearly $400,000 a year—is a Trudeau-era creation that critics have long viewed as a redundant expense.
Canadians struggling with rising costs might be surprised to learn that their hard-earned tax dollars are funding bureaucratic vanity projects, according to a report from Blacklock's.
Dr. Mona Nemer, the Trudeau cabinet’s $393,000-a-year Chief Science Advisor, spent tens of thousands of dollars on a pet project to ask Canadians if they had ever seen a UFO—despite the fact that most don’t care about the issue.
According to newly released records, Nemer—a biochemist with no known expertise in aerospace or national security—paid Ottawa pollster Earnscliffe Strategy Group $34,369 to survey Canadians about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). The results were clear: the overwhelming majority couldn’t care less.
Cabinet's $393K/yr science advisor @ISED_ca spent thousands on poll asking Canadians if they'd ever seen a UFO: "Sometimes what's observed in the sky is not immediately clear." https://t.co/NcI56M8V0R @ChiefSciCan pic.twitter.com/RsUOOwQDEo
— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) January 31, 2025
“Unidentified aerial phenomenon is not an issue of high concern to respondents,” the survey reported. “Just seven percent say they pay a lot of attention to the topic.”
The survey, titled Study On Sky Canada: A Nationwide Survey For The Office Of The Chief Science Advisor Of Canada, found that only 10 percent of Canadians thought spending public funds to investigate UFOs was “very important.”
Even among the one in four respondents who had ever seen something unidentifiable in the sky, only a tiny fraction—just 10 percent—had bothered to report it, with most admitting they weren’t even sure of what they saw.
Despite this yawning public indifference, Nemer continued to push the idea that the federal government needed a centralized bureaucracy to deal with UFO reports.
“Canada needs a proactive strategy to increase transparency and communication with the public regarding unmanned aerial phenomena,” she insisted in a separate report.
Translation: she wants even more taxpayer money to fund a pet project that has no real public demand.
The Chief Science Advisor position itself—which pays Nemer nearly $400,000 a year—is a Trudeau-era creation that critics have long viewed as a redundant expense. Her latest UFO study does little to dispel that notion.
While average Canadians are struggling with inflation, Nemer appears content to burn tax dollars on flights of fancy, chasing after alien sightings that even survey respondents shrugged off.
Sheila Gunn Reid
Chief Reporter
Sheila Gunn Reid is the Alberta Bureau Chief for Rebel News and host of the weekly The Gunn Show with Sheila Gunn Reid. She's a mother of three, conservative activist, and the author of best-selling books including Stop Notley.
COMMENTS
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Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2025-02-01 09:36:08 -0500Oh, really, Dr. Nemer? When the UFOs came to the Ottawa region, did they find intelligent life there? -
Susan Ashbrook commented 2025-02-01 00:30:06 -0500I agree, Bruce, but they are just going to drag it out as long as they can, to keep the gravy train flowing, because they know the gig is inevitably up.
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-01-31 17:13:28 -0500The sooner we have an election, the sooner the rampant waste stops. And we need a MOGE (Ministry Of Government Efficiency). There’s so much to clean up.
