Uh, nope. You have to be invited via a motion to testify at a HoC committee meeting, and Smith wasn't. The invite was specifically for Ministers Jean and Neudorf - not the Alberta govt. You can't just sub in, even if you're the premier. theglobeandmail.com/business/artic… #ableg #cdnpoli

Canada's research universities want $200M from the feds for work in fields considered sensitive—and that's a lot of stuff—partly to make up for the ever-tighter federal restrictions on whom the schools can work with. New from Murad Hemmadi and me: thelogic.co/news/universit…

This decision has stripped clubs of a powerful community outreach tool and removed meaningful support for Special Initiatives, all to protect a select few who do not want to answer any questions about their choices. I hope the NHL reconsiders in order to remain a leader in DEI.

Holy crap.

With the economy seeming to stabilize, we're in for a bunch of acquisitions of companies that are on wobbly legs. Here's colleague Aleksandra Sagan on Vendasta, a Saskatchewan e-commerce software maker that's just raised money and is on the hunt: thelogic.co/news/saskatoon…

Excellent that these sex cases have been moved out of the screwed-up military justice system so they can be screwed up in the civilian justice system. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Narrower. Roads.

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One such gathering happened, apparently in Crombie’s city of Mississauga, and it seems to have been disapproved-of but accepted.

If you have public authority and you say something is unacceptable, the next thought has to be: “… and therefore I will”. That’s the hard part!