Canada’s new open-access policy expands access to research, but leaves publishing fees unchecked

By Richard Hayman, Associate Professor & Digital Initiatives Librarian, Mount Royal University
Amanda Wakaruk, Acting Head, Open Publishing Services, University of Alberta
Bryn Williams-Jones, Professor of Bioethics and Director of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, École de santé publique, Université de Montréal
Stefanie Haustein, Professor of Information Science, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Ending paywalls for Canadian research is a public win. But until funders cap commercial publishing fees, taxpayer money will keep fuelling publisher profits.

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