Danielle Smith introduces Bill 18, intended to gatekeep federal research funding by requiring provincial approval to ensure “all people from all political perspectives are able to engage in a robust debate and have a robust research agenda.”
In a CBC interview regarding the bill, Smith opined:
If we did truly have balance in universities, then we would see that we would have just as many conservative commentators as we do liberal commentators
In a fact-check, group “The Conversation” interpret the data as indicating the opposite of what the premier alleges.