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Ottawa has recently made some significant moves that impact the private sector – yesterday’s decision to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline came less than a week after the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau blocked the sale of the giant construction firm Aecon. Today in The Conversation Canada, Robert Hanlon of Thompson Rivers University takes a hard look at the Aecon decision and says those who rejected the bid “on grounds of national security, environmental threats and labour rights amid a modern-day Red Scare need to be more honest about what’s happening.”
Thursday is World No Tobacco Day and Julia Smith of Simon Fraser University takes us to the African nation of Malawi, where the tobacco industry has exploited farmers who depend on the leafy crop for income but still live in poverty.
Elizabeth Bloodgood and Tristan Masson of Concordia University tell us about their research into how false information spreads rapidly on Twitter and the influence that’s had on the political success of Donald Trump.
And finally…if you’re looking forward to the NBA finals (another rematch between Cleveland and Golden State), you'll want to read a fascinating article by Goce Andrevski of Queen’s University. He’s done research on how basketball coaches make decisions during games and how the strategy of sometimes making no moves is something that pays off -- not just on the basketball court, but also in the business world.
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Ambassador of China to Canada Lu Shaye is photographed at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Ottawa on May 24, 2018, following the announcement that Canada had turned down China’s takeover bid for Aecon.
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Robert J. Hanlon, Thompson Rivers University
In the wake of the Canadian government's rejection of a Chinese takeover bid for construction company Aecon, Canada must drop the 'Red Scare' rhetoric and figure out how to engage with a rising China.
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Tobacco leaves dry on a farm in Africa. Big tobacco companies exploit impoverished African farmers, particularly in Malawi. On World No Tobacco Day, it’s time to focus on the tactics of Big Tobacco in Africa.
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Julia Smith, Simon Fraser University
On World No Tobacco Day, the focus is usually on the health risks of cigarettes. But what about the way Big Tobacco exploits impoverished farmers in Malawi?
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Populists like Donald Trump have used Twitter to his enormous political advantage. But the popular social media platform is failing to bring to heel the bots and fake accounts that can and have interfered with democracy.
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Elizabeth Bloodgood, Concordia University; Tristan Masson, Concordia University
Bots and fake accounts on Twitter helped sway the U.S. presidential election in 2016. Here's how the social media platform has purportedly tried, and failed, to combat threats to democracy.
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Houston Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni, during Game 2 of the NBA basketball Western Conference finals against the Golden State Warriors in Houston. D'Antoni successfully resisted calls to change his team’s offensive strategy after losing Game 1.
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Goce Andrevski, Queen's University, Ontario
Research has shown that the most successful basketball coaches resist pressure to make changes during games. Choosing not to make a move is sometimes also the right call for business leaders.
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Chad Williams, Brandeis University
Where to draw the line between loyalty to the nation and the struggle for equal rights? A scholar sees parallels between NFL protests and a call for African-Americans to 'close ranks' during WWI.
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Science + Technology
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Peter C. Doherty, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Nobel laureate Peter Doherty explains immunity.
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