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Feb 19 2024

Blair confident. Wildfire warning. Serious Trump: The Roundup

Feb 19, 2024
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

Blair said he's "confident" that NATO will remain strong, and that Trump would change his tune on withdrawing the U.S. from NATO if he were to see the alliance at work today. [Global]
Georgetown Councillor D’Arcy Keene has launched his Conservative nomination campaign in the newly created riding of Milton East-Halton Hills South, Ont. [Hill Times]
In this article, [researcher Semra Sevri] present[s] two new datasets that contain individual-level data on all candidates between 1867 and 2019 in both the Canadian federal and Ontario provincial elections. In total, the data provide information on 44,462 candidates at the federal level and 15,529 in the Ontario provincial elections. [Cdn Journal of Political Science]
An analysis compares the 2021 House of Commons to 2015 to see if progress has been made in representation. Slow and steady is the answer. This article is from 2022 but flowed across my e-desk recently as part of my coverage of the nomination processes under way for Canada's 45th general election. [Policy Options]
From the Provinces

A union representing provincial wildfire staff says the Alberta government’s failure to retain dedicated firefighters could threaten lives. [Edmonton Journal]
At a news conference, Legault said agreements recently hammered out with unions will see the province "invest massively" in teachers and educational assistants. [Global]

Realtor Kristina Loewen will run for the party. Loewen has been a resident of Kelowna for 25 years. [Castanet]
Elsewhere

Donald Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton says the Republican presidential frontrunner may view NORAD the same way he does NATO: as a transaction. [Global]

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is expected to secure the backing of her German centre-right party on Monday for a second term, putting her in a strong position to clinch another five years running the European Union's executive body. [Reuters]
Media

A Canadian and French citizen, he served as CBC's bilingual TV bureau chief in Moscow, covering the post-Soviet era as well as the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004. For the next two decades, Nick focused on that country's troubled path between East and West, reporting on the 2014 Dignity Revolution, the annexation of Crimea, as well as the 2022 invasion and its consequences. [NPR]
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Sci/Tech

It never takes long for hundreds of gigabytes of empty space to turn into a straightjacket, but moving your OS installation and files can be a pain. We're here to help. [ExtremeTech]
The Calendar
  • 1000 ET: Montreal - LPC MP Rachel Bendayan makes a funding announcement. 
  • 1130 ET: Laval, QC - LPC MP Annie Koutrakis makes a funding announcement. 
  • 1345 ET: Sherbrooke, QC - Transport Min Pablo Rodriguez and LPC MP Élisabeth Brière imake a funding announcement. 
  • 1500 ET: Toronto - Defence Min Bill Blair and LPC MPs James Maloney and Yvan Baker announce new measures for Ukraine.
  • 1530 ET: La Malbaie, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet meets with the Festival Le Festif representatives.
  • 1630 ET: La Malbaie, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet meets with Train de Charlevoix representatives.

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