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Mar 13 2023

Court questions. Lviv Tourism. Oscar misses.

Mar 13, 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
No foreign agent registry timeline as Australia warns of ‘unprecedented’ interference
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino did not say whether he will meet calls from security experts who say Canada could have a registry in place as soon as this summer. [Global]
Governments and tech sector CEOs have spent the weekend scrambling to limit the impact of SVB’s sudden collapse [Globe and Mail]
Emmett Macfarlane: There are a number of major issues that arise from this whole affair. The first concerns transparency: a measure at which the Court and most other Canadian governing institutions routinely fail to meet even by the lowest reasonable standards. [Substack]
Flight cancellations by Flair Airlines come amid 'commercial dispute' with a U.S.-based lessor that saw four of its planes seized. [Global]
Some experts are saying oilsands operators should now be required to report spills or any other unscheduled releases directly to the federal government. [Global]
From the Provinces
Climate change hits home for some on P.E.I. but takes back seat in election
 A week into the Prince Edward Island election campaign, there has been plenty of talk about health care and housing. But after post-tropical storm Fiona pounded the Island last fall ... some observers are questioning why climate change is not front and centre on the campaign trail. [CP]
Elsewhere
'Welcome to Lviv': Ukrainian city ready for 'brave' Canadian tourists
Ukrainian leaders say one of the best ways for Canadians to support the embattled country's economy is to pack their bags and come see it for themselves. "If you're brave, welcome to Lviv," says mayor Andriy Sadovyi, spreading his arms wide to gesture to his beautiful city. [CP]
With the perspective of time, we can now now discern what movie was actually the best. So here we go, year by year... [WaPo]
COVID and Vaccines
In March 2020, the virus held many mysteries. Some early assumptions didn’t hold up, while other key findings wouldn’t come until much later. If we could do it all over again… [WSJ]
U.S. health agencies have sent a letter to Florida's surgeon general, warning him that his claims about COVID-19 vaccine risks are harmful to the public. [KSL.com]
Media

Hours of soccer coverage had to be cancelled or stripped down this weekend as dozens of on-air personalities refused to work out of solidarity with Lineker. [Globe and Mail]
Tech

Jen Christiansen: As a graphics editor at Scientific American magazine, I use illustrated explanatory diagrams and data visualizations to help make advances in science and technology accessible, with the goal of engaging, informing, and inspiring a nonspecialist audience. My role includes developing images that explain the latest research findings and place those findings in the context of the larger research arc. The tips in this article include strategies that I’ve developed for creating graphics in the service of science journalism, on deadline. [The Open Notebook]
Issued this day ...
... in 1987: Sc 1129a se-tenant block of 4: Exploration of Canada — 2 | Investigators: Design: Frederick Hagan. 
This is the second of three quartets of stamps issued by Canada Post on the them of the Exploration of Canada. This group of four focuses on explorers of New France. Clockwise from top left, we have Sc 1127: Radisson and Groseilliers, Sc 1126 Brûlé nears Lake Superior; Sc 1128 Father Marquette with Jolliet; Sc 1129 Missions in the wilderness.

This was Canadian history in the 1980s, folks, when Indigenous persons crucial to all these ‘explorations’ are largely invisible to the white Europeans that are featured in these stamps. 

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