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Alberta and Ontario premiers’ campus free-speech policies a ‘dog-whistle blow’ for the right: expert
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney intends to follow Ontario in asking the province’s universities and colleges to conform to free-speech guidelines, but freedom of expression experts say the move is mostly about optics.
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Opinion: Ontario’s plan to link funding and standards in higher education will be tricky
Although on the surface this plan appears well-intentioned, there could be negative unintended consequences, Tony Manera writes.
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