The SNC-Lavalin controversy has been dogging the federal government for several weeks now – the first serious political crisis Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has faced. Today in The Conversation Canada, Jonathan Malloy of Carleton University explains how the SNC-Lavalin affair doesn’t fit the traditional pattern of a scandal. “In public affairs, what is legally wrong is not necessarily unacceptable politically, and vice versa,” he writes.

That’s just one in a great lineup of all-Canadian stories we have to start your week.

• In another one of our series for Black History Month, Daniel McNeil looks at the life of politician and human rights champion Rosemary Black and how she fit into the role of “quiet leadership” that Black Canadians were expected to follow.
• The fate of Ontario’s first francophone university is up in the air now that Doug Ford’s government has cancelled plans to fund the Université de l'Ontario français. Marc Johnson, a member of the team establishing the French-language institution, explains what the school can offer to francophone students in Ontario.
• Mark Winfield looks at the winners and losers that have emerged under the Ford regime – and how the nuclear industry definitely falls into the “winner” category.

And finally….Nine years ago, Canadians across the country were celebrating the success of our athletes at the Vancouver Olympics. But will we every host another Olympics? Nicole Forrester, an Olympian and assistant professor at Ryerson University, looks back at the first Olympics to ever be held in Canada – the 1976 Games in Montréal, which left many positive legacies despite the negative publicity it has received over the years.

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