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/3mldr657r522qThis story also indirectly highlights the role of existing expertise (of senior financiers in this case) in limiting the damage caused by genAI's erosion of core skills. Once this expertise ages out, this technology will crater education, the economy and society. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldr657r522qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mlck55lwec27Governing in econometrics! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 01:07 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlck55lwec27https://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mlbv632tj22qThe project "would be eligible to recover '$120 million in lease fees after an investment has been made of an equal amount in the development of US oil and gas assets, energy infrastructure, and/or LNG projects along the Gulf Coast.'” I sure hope this doesn't affect the USMCA renegotiations! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbv632tj22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mlb4nuc6lk27Axworthy here is far too generous to Mark Carney. He argues that Carney’s government has two energy policies: what it says (pro-renewables) and what it‘s actually doing (pro-oil). But when someone says something and does the opposite, that’s not pursuing two contradictory policies. That’s lying. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/carney-has-two-energy-strategies--and-theres-not-enough-room-for-both/article_3321d46d-e65f-484f-85fe-853177803b80.html07 May 2026 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb4nuc6lk27https://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3ml7tlkgsh22b#LetsGoBuffalo!06 May 2026 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7tlkgsh22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3ml7g6xshdk2pCanada’s digital policy: Nobody will ever be held accountable for anything. Have at it, boys! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7g6xshdk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3ml6j4zu4o227Not a word about software. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-to-pick-between-swedish-and-u-s-radar-planes-to-protect-skies-9.717801106 May 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6j4zu4o227https://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3ml6iqmuvqc2aTreating USMCA renegotiations as if they’re only about tariffs is a mistake, as Barry Appleton points out here. Modern trade agreements also restrict domestic regulatory power, and Canada’s ability to regulate the digital economy is directly in the US crosshairs. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/when-canada-negotiates-with-donald-trumps-america-its-not-just-trade-thats-at-stake-its-our-sovereignty/article_c278cc6b-bf60-4933-9482-d8e82772ffd0.html06 May 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6iqmuvqc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3ml6grkf66s2tThis is the first serious analysis I’ve seen of Carney’s unprecedented CPP premium cuts. 🎁 They turn the CPP into just another program to raid to score cheap political points. They will make it harder to expand the CPP in the future, which may be the ultimate goal. It’s a colossally bad idea. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/86f19a24cece52540f0483acc6922574f1f5dbe912690750bb51f03357638810/LOH6HCJXO5GQHBRQ2LS43FTSG4/06 May 2026 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6grkf66s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3ml6fntrypc2tThis is a play straight out of the 1980s. In a global economy increasingly characterized by economic nationalism, privatizing a key public R&D asset is the last thing a government should do. It’s bad, ideologically driven policy. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadian-photonics-fabrication-centre-government-stake-melanie-joly/06 May 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6fntrypc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3ml4jqn7w6s2sWas this what it was like to witness the birth of Scientology? [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4jqn7w6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mkzkfwghys2mAs Carney belatedly learned when he got rid of Canada’s Digital Services Tax in exchange for the ability to continue negotiating just such a deal with a serial liar. And then there’s the faux border-fentanyl deal. Both of which have cost Canada billions. Glass houses, bricks. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzkfwghys2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mkzgaqez2227“Mark Carney may be talking like a Nordic social democrat but he is governing like a Thatcherite.” This is exactly correct. Carney’s words do not match his actions. His sovereign wealth fund that isn’t is only the starkest example. There’s a word for someone who says one thing and does another. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/mark-carney-compares-his-sovereign-wealth-fund-to-norways-canadians-are-smart-enough-to-see-its-far-worse/article_465e4b7e-5017-45d8-a22c-1eb5374bddfe.html04 May 2026 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzgaqez2227https://bsky.app/profile/bhaggart.bsky.social/post/3mkyham46o22tThat's the stuff! #LetsGoBuffalo [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkyham46o22t