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Feb 8 2023

Arya's gifts. Health Debate. TikTok Danger.

Feb 8, 2022
David Akin's Roundup
Clippings of #cdnpoli, #media, and #tech content aimed at those with an interest in Canadian politics. Still in beta ... 
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Nepean MP Chandra Arya spent more constituency funds than any other MP on 'protocol gifts' from the same company that handles his printing and public relations.

The federal government is offering the provinces and territories a health funding deal worth $196.1 billion over 10 years, including $46.2 billion in new money.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met with Justin Trudeau during a photo opportunity in Ottawa Tuesday, to discuss renewable energy options for Alberta.

Susan Delacourt: This is Canada and the health care system in 2023: the problem is urgent, even critical, but the solution requires a longer wait than expected.
André Picard: It’s hard to believe that 2½ years of public posturing and background negotiations produced something so utterly uninspiring and unimaginative
 Bisbille dans les rangs libéraux : un député de l’Est ontarien accuse ses collègues du « Montreal island » de faire un « show de boucane honteux » de l’étude du projet de loi sur la modernisation des langues officielles. 
PMO staffer Samantha Khalil is moving over to the public safety minister’s office, and Alana Kiteley will succeed Khalil as director of issues management and parliamentary affairs in the Prime Minister's Office, according to an internal memo.

David Mulroney, who was the government’s ambassador to China between 2009 and 2012, told MPs on Tuesday that China is the 'primary threat' of foreign interference in Canada.

Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities: Report No. 7 - HUMA (44-1) - House of Commons of Canada
Elsewhere

TikTok was supposed to be the future of political communication. Now, as it faces a potential ban and growing national security concerns, a few politicians are hanging on — and posting through it.
Media

Analysts uncover dramatic worldwide decline, even though demand for content remains high
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... in 2010: Scott #2370: The Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc. (1927-2009) Design: Dennis Page  Painting: Christian Nicholson
LeBlanc was born in 1927, in Memramcook, New Brunswick. He began his career as a teacher before turning to journalism, working as a foreign correspondent for Radio-Canada. In 1965, LeBlanc became founding president of the CBC Radio-Canada Foreign Correspondents Association. He went on to serve as Press Secretary for Prime Ministers Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Trudeau.

In 1972, LeBlanc took his first step into the political arena when he was elected to the House of Commons, representing New Brunswick’s Westmorland-Kent riding. He served as Minister of Fisheries in three of Prime Minister Trudeau’s cabinets, becoming Canada’s longest serving minister in this position. During his tenure, LeBlanc oversaw the expansion of Canada’s coastal fishing zone from a 12-mile limit to its current 200-mile limit and helped shape the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. He was appointed to the Senate in 1984 and Speaker of the Senate in 1993.

LeBlanc served as Canada’s Governor General from 1995 to 1999. He was appointed on the recommendation of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, becoming the country’s first (and, so far, only) Acadian governor general. The flags in the lower left, in fact, are the flags of Canada, New Brunswick, and Acadia.
Leblanc’s son Dominic, of course, now represents the Acadian coast riding of Beauséjour and currently serves in the cabinet of Justin Trudeau as Minister of Infrastructure and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.

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