Blayne Haggart
@bhaggart.bsky.social
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.
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.
"even when response times are under five minutes, the birds are often ‘gone about their business’ by the time officers arrive, a reminder that wild turkeys are fast, agile and yes, they can fly.”"
Well played, St. Catharines Standard. Well played.
Well played, St. Catharines Standard. Well played.
Turkey alert: Drivers in north St. Catharines advised to watch for wild gobblers
The birds have been spotted near the Martindale Road area in high-traffic areas, the Humane Society of Greater Niagara says.
www.stcatharinesstandard.ca
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"even when response times are under five minutes, the birds are often ‘gone about their business’ by the time officers arrive, a reminder that wild turkeys are fast, agile and yes, they can fly.”"
Well played, St. Catharines Standard. Well played.
Well played, St. Catharines Standard. Well played.
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I wrote about this too. Why isn’t Ontario hitting the barricades in rage? We’ve so little lake access. Entirely privatized shorelines. You could give the province away to oligarchs & people would be meh. Thx to Fatima for calling this early on.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I wrote about this too. Why isn’t Ontario hitting the barricades in rage? We’ve so little lake access. Entirely privatized shorelines. You could give the province away to oligarchs & people would be meh. Thx to Fatima for calling this early on.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
![The Robodebt scheme was an unlawful[1][2] method of automated debt assessment and recovery implemented in Australia under the Liberal-National Coalition governments of Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, and Scott Morrison, and employed by the Australian government agency Services Australia as part of its Centrelink payment compliance program.[3][4][5] Put in place in July 2016 and announced to the public in December of the same year,[6][7] the scheme aimed to replace the formerly manual system of calculating overpayments and issuing debt notices to welfare recipients with an automated data-matching system that compared Centrelink records with averaged income data from the Australian Taxation Office.[5][6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/bafkreic7hvetcy2cexqsl35zcoqwuqxtq547xcvyz2pwgafusbto6m33t4@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Excited to see AI's results in the Canadian government!
UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Excited to see AI's results in the Canadian government!
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"The question now is whether democratic societies can recognize this formation for what it is—and build alternatives before the infrastructure of control becomes too deeply embedded to dislodge."
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"The question now is whether democratic societies can recognize this formation for what it is—and build alternatives before the infrastructure of control becomes too deeply embedded to dislodge."
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« Europe faces an existential choice: build genuine technological sovereignty now, or accept governance by platforms whose architects view democracy as an obsolete operating system. »
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
« Europe faces an existential choice: build genuine technological sovereignty now, or accept governance by platforms whose architects view democracy as an obsolete operating system. »
I see people treating "economist" & "economics" as if they're singular things, not a discipline covering a huge range of issues & theories. Finance/banking is only a single, specialized part.
Those interested should read Mariana Mazzucato (King's College London). Start w/ The Entrepreneurial State.
Those interested should read Mariana Mazzucato (King's College London). Start w/ The Entrepreneurial State.
“recent research suggests that when a government is trying to stimulate the development of new industries, as Canada needs to do, high-risk investment needs to be taken on by the public sector.”
And that’s exactly what Carney is *not* doing.
And that’s exactly what Carney is *not* doing.
Carney could have borrowed more and taken bigger risks in his budget
This was the Liberals’ chance to propose a massive investment to reorient the economy toward new industries and markets
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I see people treating "economist" & "economics" as if they're singular things, not a discipline covering a huge range of issues & theories. Finance/banking is only a single, specialized part.
Those interested should read Mariana Mazzucato (King's College London). Start w/ The Entrepreneurial State.
Those interested should read Mariana Mazzucato (King's College London). Start w/ The Entrepreneurial State.
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To get him over the $3K mark, I just supported amazing DJ Trevor Walker’s "Friday Drive" for CKCU Funding Drive 2025! Today's the last day of the drive, responsible for at least 1/3 of their annual budget! To support @ckcufm.bsky.social like me, head here! 👇
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
Friday Drive
Trevor here!
Volunteer at CKCU since 1991.
Friday Drive was created in 2010 by Lance Baptiste & I.
I took over in 2015.
Providing a sonic safari of musical styles stretching from jazz, funk, soul to A...
www.canadahelps.org
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
To get him over the $3K mark, I just supported amazing DJ Trevor Walker’s "Friday Drive" for CKCU Funding Drive 2025! Today's the last day of the drive, responsible for at least 1/3 of their annual budget! To support @ckcufm.bsky.social like me, head here! 👇
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
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I've donated! Everyone who values freedom of the press in Canada should be donating what they can.
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I've donated! Everyone who values freedom of the press in Canada should be donating what they can.
It's a sign of a strong argument when you have to buy an editorial position, right?
omg.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It's a sign of a strong argument when you have to buy an editorial position, right?
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What’s it going to take to get an immigration policy that’s not focused solely on a numbers game but on fairness, integration, and opportunity for the newcomers Canada still desperately needs?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Advocates concerned temporary immigration cuts don't address systemic issues | CBC News
As the Carney government slashes temporary immigration, some experts are concerned about its impact on critical industries and post-secondary education.
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
What’s it going to take to get an immigration policy that’s not focused solely on a numbers game but on fairness, integration, and opportunity for the newcomers Canada still desperately needs?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
“recent research suggests that when a government is trying to stimulate the development of new industries, as Canada needs to do, high-risk investment needs to be taken on by the public sector.”
And that’s exactly what Carney is *not* doing.
And that’s exactly what Carney is *not* doing.
Carney could have borrowed more and taken bigger risks in his budget
This was the Liberals’ chance to propose a massive investment to reorient the economy toward new industries and markets
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“recent research suggests that when a government is trying to stimulate the development of new industries, as Canada needs to do, high-risk investment needs to be taken on by the public sector.”
And that’s exactly what Carney is *not* doing.
And that’s exactly what Carney is *not* doing.
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AI companies should go under and financially wipe out VCs. exec's should go to prison for putting systems into the world that were instrumental in numerous suicides without any consideration for those risks. there should be consequences for experimenting on the public on roads and in social settings
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
AI companies should go under and financially wipe out VCs. exec's should go to prison for putting systems into the world that were instrumental in numerous suicides without any consideration for those risks. there should be consequences for experimenting on the public on roads and in social settings
Canadians shouldn’t have to resort to guessing about the main element of Mark Carney’s entire policy agenda.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
Decoding the Major Projects Office, the centrepiece of Carney’s nation-building plans
MPO’s creation reflects PM’s belief that government and its agencies need to better and more swiftly row in the same direction
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Canadians shouldn’t have to resort to guessing about the main element of Mark Carney’s entire policy agenda.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
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Excellent op-ed. Federalism seems almost just like a minor inconvenience rather than a constituent element of effective policy-making for the long-term.
And an element in dire need for reform, I would add.
And an element in dire need for reform, I would add.
GIFT LINK - My Toronto Star op-ed on the federal budget, and the failure to account for provincial action on post-secondary education. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Mark Carney’s budget is blind to the real causes of Canada’s problems
The prime minister's first budget emphasizes infrastructure and resource extraction but fails to leverage our most significant economic drivers.
www.thestar.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Excellent op-ed. Federalism seems almost just like a minor inconvenience rather than a constituent element of effective policy-making for the long-term.
And an element in dire need for reform, I would add.
And an element in dire need for reform, I would add.
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Great piece by @theturner.bsky.social.
"There might be a moment, nearer at hand than many expect, when a revolution too cheap to contain and too big to ignore forces Canada to choose more conclusively which side of the divide will best fuel its future."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
"There might be a moment, nearer at hand than many expect, when a revolution too cheap to contain and too big to ignore forces Canada to choose more conclusively which side of the divide will best fuel its future."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: A decade after the Paris Agreement, the clean economy is winning
As the world’s climate negotiators gather in Brazil, they must understand that the energy transition is now inevitable
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Great piece by @theturner.bsky.social.
"There might be a moment, nearer at hand than many expect, when a revolution too cheap to contain and too big to ignore forces Canada to choose more conclusively which side of the divide will best fuel its future."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
"There might be a moment, nearer at hand than many expect, when a revolution too cheap to contain and too big to ignore forces Canada to choose more conclusively which side of the divide will best fuel its future."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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GIFT LINK - My Toronto Star op-ed on the federal budget, and the failure to account for provincial action on post-secondary education. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Mark Carney’s budget is blind to the real causes of Canada’s problems
The prime minister's first budget emphasizes infrastructure and resource extraction but fails to leverage our most significant economic drivers.
www.thestar.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
GIFT LINK - My Toronto Star op-ed on the federal budget, and the failure to account for provincial action on post-secondary education. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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The pain experienced in key Canadian sectors (incl. auto, primary metals, forestry) due to Trump is massive. But the national economy is more resilient than often thought. And the more time goes by, the worse things get in America--economically & politically. Canada wise not to rush into a bad deal.
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The pain experienced in key Canadian sectors (incl. auto, primary metals, forestry) due to Trump is massive. But the national economy is more resilient than often thought. And the more time goes by, the worse things get in America--economically & politically. Canada wise not to rush into a bad deal.
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The budget detailed $140 billion in new funding over five years including $2.3 billion for clean water and $1 billion for Arctic transportation infrastructure.
Is Budget 2025 'bold' and 'generational?'
Bold, generational and Canada strong—that’s how Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government presented Budget 2025.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The budget detailed $140 billion in new funding over five years including $2.3 billion for clean water and $1 billion for Arctic transportation infrastructure.
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Three missed opportunities in Canada's federal budget:
1) "Sacrifice"—but not asked of the wealthy;
2) Bold rhetoric but weak action on housing;
3) Productivity drive that misses key low-hanging fruit;
Some reflections for @bcpolicy.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca/2025/11/07/c...
1) "Sacrifice"—but not asked of the wealthy;
2) Bold rhetoric but weak action on housing;
3) Productivity drive that misses key low-hanging fruit;
Some reflections for @bcpolicy.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca/2025/11/07/c...
Three missed opportunities in Canada’s federal budget
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget comes at an important moment for Canada as we face an increasingly hostile United States and the need to chart our own path.
The choices this gover...
bcpolicy.ca
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Three missed opportunities in Canada's federal budget:
1) "Sacrifice"—but not asked of the wealthy;
2) Bold rhetoric but weak action on housing;
3) Productivity drive that misses key low-hanging fruit;
Some reflections for @bcpolicy.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca/2025/11/07/c...
1) "Sacrifice"—but not asked of the wealthy;
2) Bold rhetoric but weak action on housing;
3) Productivity drive that misses key low-hanging fruit;
Some reflections for @bcpolicy.bsky.social bcpolicy.ca/2025/11/07/c...
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ICYMI, @mattgalloway.bsky.social set up @trevortombe.bsky.social and I for a rich "two sides" convo about Tuesday's budget and what matters.
We follow @armstrongcbc.bsky.social's excellent Econ101 explanation of the meaning of deficits and debts.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
We follow @armstrongcbc.bsky.social's excellent Econ101 explanation of the meaning of deficits and debts.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
ICYMI, @mattgalloway.bsky.social set up @trevortombe.bsky.social and I for a rich "two sides" convo about Tuesday's budget and what matters.
We follow @armstrongcbc.bsky.social's excellent Econ101 explanation of the meaning of deficits and debts.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
We follow @armstrongcbc.bsky.social's excellent Econ101 explanation of the meaning of deficits and debts.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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I come by my “ethics of refusal” honestly: the way I feel about AI now is the way my Dad understood the problematics of the now largely abandoned fuel-ethanol industry. It’s bad science, bad policy, and bad faith all around.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I come by my “ethics of refusal” honestly: the way I feel about AI now is the way my Dad understood the problematics of the now largely abandoned fuel-ethanol industry. It’s bad science, bad policy, and bad faith all around.
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Data colonialism in the most literal sense
Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
Google to build data centre on Christmas Island
The search engine giant signed a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year to build the facility, whose details remain secret, on Christmas Island.
www.afr.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Data colonialism in the most literal sense
I’m a broken record on this, but Peter Drahos predicted this outcome in his 2021 book Survival Governance: The US (Canada even moreso) are simply too embedded in a carbon economy to resist the all-encompassing political and economic pressures. And so we get short-sighted policies and politicians.
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’m a broken record on this, but Peter Drahos predicted this outcome in his 2021 book Survival Governance: The US (Canada even moreso) are simply too embedded in a carbon economy to resist the all-encompassing political and economic pressures. And so we get short-sighted policies and politicians.