Professor, Political Science, Brock University Knowledge governance, IPE, Sydney Swans tragic Co-author, with Natasha Tusikov, The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power (Bloomsbury, 2023). Open Access.https://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mv3lip5ffc22Mark your calendars, I guess. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3lip5ffc22https://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3muzufadd3s2wThat looks way too much like Badgey for my liking. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzufadd3s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3muz7hzrp3s2mThis critique of the need to be "policy relevant" as opposed to "policy prescriptive" hits on something I've been thinking about for a while. Academics are too often expected to do both the intellectual work of identifying problems and solutions, *and* the political work of making them palatable. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muz7hzrp3s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3muxo4j7amc2p“Switzerland's military cybersecurity unit, Cyber Command, is not waiting for the civilian pilot. It is already poised to replace Microsoft 365 entirely with openDesk by October 2026.” Meanwhile, Palantir is apparently a Canadian company. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxo4j7amc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mupxsefqjk2wOpenAI: a company you can totally trust. "Several top companies are listed as signatories to the framework, including Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Bell Canada, Cohere, eStruxture, Hypertec, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Telus." Bring on the voluntary agreements! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupxsefqjk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mupsao4eu22eI'd go farther. This report should be accompanied by a meeting -- call it a Summit -- of global leaders, led by a PM using his unprecedented global political capital to address the most pressing crisis ever, one that directly threatens Canadians. Instead, we're getting a sales conference. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupsao4eu22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3muopoobugk2g“But is there a plan for this?” Good question. If you want to assess this announcement, start here. And, no, there doesn’t seem to be one. Of course, it’s hard for a government to come up with coherent plans when it‘s also busy firing the people whose job it is to develop long-term strategies. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/mark-carney-s-via-rail-announcement-makes-sense-in-a-trade-war-that-doesn-t-mean-it-s-a-good-idea/article_9d9b5b0f-59d1-4daf-9c74-5dae886df121.html04 Sep 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muopoobugk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3munu2um7vs2cI hope this won't affect the Carney government's AI data centre plans. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3munu2um7vs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mumwhnoyvs2xExpectations not backed by sanctions are worthless, especially when dealing with these tech companies. "Several top companies are listed as signatories to the framework, including Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Bell Canada, Cohere, eStruxture, Hypertec, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and Telus." https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/data-centre-canada-development-evan-solomon-artificial-intelligence-technology-9.733088003 Sep 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumwhnoyvs2x