Briefing notes prepared for a senior deputy with Innovation, Science and Economic Development ahead of a October 2018 dinner meeting with Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff, highlighted concerns around IP and data, noting that federal officials ought to raise them to Sidewalk Labs. (Globe and Mail)

Talking point: The federal government has publicly remained mum since the project’s announcement, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended. The exception: Liberal MP Adam Vaughan, who has been outspoken in favour of the development. Earlier this month, he told the Financial Post that Premier Doug Ford could “sabotage” plans for Toronto’s waterfront based on what he called “a couple high-tech activists and a really flimsy, poorly written auditor’s report.”