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Analyzing India. Treacherous timing. Floppy disks. The Roundup

Sep 23, 2023
David Akin's Roundup
Clippings of #cdnpoli, #media, and #tech content aimed at those with an interest in Canadian politics and policy. And sometimes Canadian postage stamps.
Canada
The real reasons Canada’s relationship with India is broken
Omer Aziz: What I saw in government was how Canada’s ethnic domestic battles were distorting our long-term foreign policy priorities. The author is a former advisor to the Trudeau PMO on Indo-Pacific issues. [Globe and Mail]
Canada has the largest Sikh population outside of India and more than half life in four cities - Brampton, Surrey, Calgary and Edmonton. [Global]
Darrell Bricker: The Conservatives still face a significant vote efficiency problem. The weakness in the Conservative's nine-point lead lies not in its magnitude but in its distribution. [Global]
A large crowd of members of the Ukrainian community and politicians welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, with a standing ovation when they walked into a Canadian Armed Forces facility Friday. [CP]
From the provinces
Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton quits government, triggering cabinet shuffle
McNaughton's departure, widely viewed as a significant loss for the premier, also led to some internal frustrations. “This is treacherous timing,” one PC party insider said.“To do it the day after the premier has a vulnerable news conference.” [Global]
Ford has named David Piccini, who has been environment minister for the past two years, as the new labour minister. Andrea Khanjin, who represents the riding of Barrie-Innisfil, is promoted to cabinet to serve as the new environment minister.[Global]
"Polls don't change governments. Only voters can do that," NDP Leader Wab Kinew told candidates and supporters at a community centre. He said the election race is very close and reiterated a pitch to traditional Liberals to vote NDP this time in order to oust the Tories, who have been in power since 2016. [CP]
An Alberta report that the province is entitled to more than half of the Canada Pension Plan's asset fund quickly drew skepticism Thursday. [Edmonton Journal]
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Elsewhere
Europe Made a Bold Pledge of Ammunition for Ukraine. Now Comes the Hard Part.
After 30 years of atrophy, experts say, Europe’s shrunken military industry will struggle to provide the Ukrainians with a million artillery shells by March. [NYT]
Western countries have for too long acquiesced to the Indian government’s abuses. [The Economist]
Rahile Dawut was a member of the establishment and the Communist Party but her focus on Uyhgur folklore still ran afoul of the government campaign to assimilate the people of far west Xinjiang. [WaPo]
Media
A new, third, edition of the Online Journalism Handbook is now out. A comprehensive update to the 2017 second edition, it sees the addition of a new chapter on writing for email and chat. [Online Journalism Blog]
Meta announced today that Facebook users can now add up to four additional profiles to their primary account. [Endgadget]
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Sci/Tech
Lahaina’s 150-year-old banyan tree has sprouted green leaves
The 150-year-old banyan tree in Lahaina is showing signs of life more than a month after its leaves were singed by fire. [Honolulu Star-Advertiser]
Time is almost up for magnetic storage from the 80s and 90s. Various physical limitations in storage methods from this era are conspiring to slowly degrade the data stored on things like tape, floppy disks, and hard disk drives, and after several decades data may not be recoverable anymore. [Hackaday]
Issued this day ...
... in 1991: Scott # 1333a se-tenant block of 4: Dangerous Occupations. Design: Suzanne Duranceau.
Issued to coincide with an international convention of fire chiefs held in Toronto in 1991. From top left and going clockwise, the  stamps honour ski patrollers, police officers, search and rescue technicians, and firefighters.

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