Dan Doctoroff addressed concerns about John Brodhead—former senior staffer for the federal government who then became Sidewalk’s director of policy and strategy—saying that the company’s first interactions with Brodhead came “well after the public announcement of our selection by Waterfront Toronto,” and that Brodhead only accepted the employment offer after he was cleared by the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. The committee meeting—which also involved Brodhead and Micah Lasher, head of policy and communications—will run for two hours and wrap up around 5:30 p.m. (The Logic)

Talking point: Sidewalk Labs is expected to deliver its final plan to Waterfront Toronto mid-spring. Waterfront Toronto had indicated its frustration with the company leaking details of its business plans to the press without having delivered that final plan—Waterfront Toronto’s new board chair, Stephen Diamond, penned an op-ed in The Toronto Star on Monday. Meanwhile, #BlockSidewalk—the newly formed citizens group aiming to stop Sidewalk Labs from developing on Toronto’s waterfront—held a press conference at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, formally launching their group and announcing future public events meant to educate the public. Full story here.