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Feb 6 2023

CPC Ads. Private Health. Putin’s Miscalculation.

Feb 6, 2022
David Akin's Roundup
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Canada
Conservatives launch radio ad campaign, taking on Trudeau over carbon tax
The Conservative radio ads are the first paid legacy-media campaign to be launched since Pierre Poilievre won the Conservative leadership.

As provinces turn to the private sector to address health system pressures, a new poll suggests a majority of Canadians are open to the idea of private delivery of health care.

"It was never our intention to go after hunting rifles," Justice Minister David Lametti said following the government's decision to scrap a controversial gun control amendment.
Les autres grandes firmes de consultants déclarent du lobbyisme au Québec, en Ontario et au fédéral.

The Royal Canadian Air Force sent a CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft to Haiti. The aircraft can be used for multiple types of missions over land and water.

From the provinces

L’élection partielle dans la circonscription de Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne sera déclenchée ce lundi en vue d’un scrutin le 13 mars. L’information, d’abord rapportée par TVA Nouvelles, a pu être confirmée par La Presse dimanche soir. Le Parti libéral du Québec mise sur un candidat défait aux dernières élections pour succéder à son ex-cheffe Dominique Anglade.
Elsewhere
Meet the Man Who Brought You George Santos
Chris Grant, the founder of Big Dog Strategies, consulted on more than a hundred Republican campaigns last year. His hero: Karl Rove. Great profile of the "political operative" who got Santos -- and many other Rs elected. 

A majority of Democrats now think one term is plenty for President Joe Biden, despite his insistence that he plans to seek reelection in 2024.

Few Americans are excited about a Biden-Trump rematch, Post-ABC poll finds
Most Americans overall say they would feel dissatisfied or angry if either wins the general election. 

Republicans in some heavily conservative states won their campaigns for secretary of state last year after claiming they would make sweeping changes aimed at keeping fraud out of elections.

Putin's Miscalculation
After two decades of reforming its armed forces, Russia expected a lightning victory in Ukraine, but the ill-starred invasion has revealed their deficiencies. Fred Kaplan reviews Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine by Mark Galeotti
Media
Journalistic Lessons for the Algorithmic Age
A farewell letter from The Markup founding editor Julia Angwin: "I founded The Markup with the idea that striving for vague concepts like “objectivity” or “fairness” can lead to false equivalents. A better approach, I believe, is for journalists to seek a hypothesis and assemble evidence to test it. "
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