Canadian Politics Today

The many ways woke culture harms all institutions subjected to it. Canada's government now seems to regard equity and diversity hiring plans as a much more important consideration in awarding science grants than the science itself. 
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/minority-professor-denied-grants-because-he-hires-on-merit-people-are-afraid-to-think

"A request for comment from NSERC was not answered on Tuesday."

There are contradictory statements in that article but let's see what NSERC says.