Privatization of NRC Research Press reduces public access to Canadian research | True North Smart and Free

"A federal government scientific publishing operation that had produced leading Canadian journals for 80 years was privatized in September 2010. The National Research Council (NRC) Research Press—one of Canada's major scientific publishers—was spun off by the federal government to a new not-for-profit organization, Canadian Science Publishing (CSP). As a result, the content of its 15 academic journals, previously free to access for Canadian individuals and research institutions, is now only available to paying users. Access fees range from $10 for a single article up to $12,000 for a yearly institutional subscription to the full suite of journals.