Postdocs in Canada hope to overturn a proposal in the 2010 Canadian budget that would tax their salaries. Marianne Stanford, chair of the Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars (CAPS), says that the taxation would create an unfair disparity between postdocs and graduate students, because graduate students' compensation is not taxed. “Theoretically, the students — who have not yet earned their PhDs — could be bringing home a higher pay cheque,” she says. If passed, the budget would also include Can$45 million (US$44 million) over five years to fund 140 new postdoctoral fellowships that would each pay Can$70,000 annually. CAPS is seeking to meet with federal officials before the budget goes to a vote this spring.