Jun 6 2025

The Roundup: Direct talks. Ministerial screen. Banana making.

FRI JUN 6 2024
David Akin's Roundup
Direct talks. Ministerial screen. Banana making.
Canada
Look Who's Talking: Carney, Trump in direct talks
Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump have maintained direct trade and security talks since their May 6th Oval Office meeting, according to Canadian and American officials. David Akin looks at how its giving Canada's exporters hope, how Carney is urging patience and what Ontario Premier Doug Ford says needs to happen if a solution isn't made soon. [Global National]
It was Mr. Carney’s first conversation with Chinese leadership since becoming Prime Minister, his office said. They agreed to convene deputy-minister level talks to try to tackle a damaging trade war. [Globe and Mail]
Gary Anandasangaree said he wanted to ensure there was 'no perception' of conflict surrounding his handling of 'national security issues relating to the Tamil community.' [Global]
The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group says the federal government is using the bill to seek powers in the areas of immigration and police access to personal information that are not related to securing the border. "If the government is serious about addressing concerns regarding illegal gun and drug trafficking, it must introduce legislation specifically tailored to that goal, as opposed to a wide-ranging omnibus bill," said Tim McSorley, the coalition's national co-ordinator. [CP]

David McGuinty said the federal government will have more to say "very soon" about its alliance spending commitments and will be "making announcements in this regard." [Global]
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The Provinces
Scott Moe faces call to bring in military as Saskatchewan wildfires rage
Saskatchewan provincial fire officials say the abilities of federal firefighters from the military are limited and usually only brought in to battle blazes that are contained. [Global]

Ontarians have mixed feelings about Premier Doug Ford, and more than half say Ontario is 'on the wrong track,' according to a new Leger poll. [National Post]

Jean-François Roberge said Thursday the government will study three scenarios: 25,000, 35,000 and 45,000 permanent immigrants per year. Currently, Quebec is projected to accept about 64,000 permanent immigrants in 2025, after taking about 60,000 in 2024. [CP]
The motion, introduced by PC MLA Tammy Scott-Wallace, was unanimously adopted in the legislature on Thursday. [Global]
Aurora
Elsewhere
'We Cannot Build Bananas In America': Madeleine Dean Grills Sec. Howard Lutnick On Trump's Tariffs
At a House Appropriations hearing on Thursday, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) questioned Sec. Howard Lutnick about President Trump's tariffs.  [Forbes]
In an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President Trump likened the war between Russia and Ukraine to a fight between two children who hate each other. [NPR]
Media
Chinese propaganda surges as the U.S. defunds Radio Free Asia
Cutbacks at Radio Free Asia and other news outlets funded by the U.S. Agency for Global Media have allowed China to fill aprogramming void and expand the reach of its talking points. [WaPo] (🎁 link)
Science and Technology
Hundreds of robots move an entire city block in China
Slowly but surely, a small army of robotic feet moved a 7,500-tonne complex of historic Shikumen buildings in Shanghai’s Zhangyuan historic district. The buildings were moved to make way for the construction of an underground complex. The movement was slow, creeping along at only about 10 metres (33 feet) per day. [South China Morning Post]
The Calendar
  • 1010 : Ottawa - PM Carney speaks at an Eid al-Adha celebration.
  • 1100 : Hamilton, ON - Industry Min Melanie Joly and LPC MPs Lisa Hepfner, John-Paul Danko, and Aslam Rana visit a steel plant.
  • 1230 : West Block - PM Carney , Canada-US Trade Min Dominic LeBlanc, Transport Min Chrystia Freeland, and Energy and Natural Resources Min Tim Hodgson speak to reporters.
Issued this day ...
… in 2003. Sc 1988. Pedro Da Silva. Design: Clermont Malenfant. Drawing by Richard Short
Canada Post explains this stamp: "During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal played a key role in the exploration of the New World. Many Portuguese explorers, including Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco de Gama and Gaspar Corte Real explored lands previously unknown to Europeans, and it was their expeditions that led Pedro da Silva, 'dit le Portugais,' to embark on a journey of discovery to what is now Canada. Da Silva is credited as being the first officially-commissioned Courier of New France."

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