AUDIO: Did Danielle Smith open the door for her donors to operate Canada's first publicly funded for-profit college?

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AUDIO: Did Danielle Smith open the door for her donors to operate Canada's first publicly funded for-profit college?

The family that founded MaKami College Inc. donated $15K to the premier and UCP before lobbying them with a well-connected firm. Now they're a government-sanctioned Independent Academic Institution.

Jeremy Appel

May 05, 2023

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Did Danielle Smith open the door for her donors to operate Canada's first publicly funded for-profit college?

Jeremy Appel

May 2, 2023

Did Danielle Smith open the door for her donors to operate Canada's first publicly funded for-profit college?

A month before the writ was dropped for the upcoming provincial election, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith opened up the potential for a for-profit college to receive public funding, which wou…

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