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May 6 2023

May 6, 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
Feds pushed to act over Chinese interference allegations
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced more questions relating to the Chinese government's alleged plot to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family. Mackenzie Gray looks at the conflicting information about how the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) handled the alleged threats, and how Trudeau is responding. [Global National]
Clinton was sharing a stage with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland for a wide-ranging discussion that heavily focused on the threats to democracy and human rights. [Global]
Chrétien also waded into partisan politics, calling Pierre Poilievre so extreme that he made former PM Stephen Harper seem reasonable. [National Post]
NDP release "attack tweet" as Liberals gather in convention
In yesterday's newsletter, I included a link to new television ad the Conservatives produced attacking Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. The NDP may not have raised as much money as the Conservatives (in fact, they had a pretty lousy fundraising period in the first quarter this year but they still managed to celebrate the Liberal convention being held this weekend in Ottawa with this "attack tweet" -- a video which runs through some Liberal broken promises while some spooky music plays in the background. - DA [NDP via Twitter]

Speaking on a panel reviewing the 2021 election Friday, Mélanie Joly said a bad debate answer by Erin O’Toole changed the campaign momentum. [National Post]
Liberal MP Jaime Battiste says changes that will take Eskasoni out of the Sydney-Victoria riding are unconstitutional and go against treaty rights and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. [CBC]
From the provinces
Alberta is on fire: The wildfire situation today and where to find evacuation orders and alerts
As of noon on Friday, about 13,000 people across Alberta were being affected in some way or another by mandatory evacuation orders. [Global]
United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says she won't be campaigning on some of her party's more contentious ideas ahead of the Alberta election. [Global]
Leaders of Alberta's two main political parties started Friday on the election campaign trail in Calgary, but both quickly turned their attention toward the wildfires in Alberta. [Global]
Three Indigenous women law students are challenge Alberta's mandatory oath to King in a lawsuit. [Global]
Manitoba municipalitgies put provincial politicians on notice Friday, saying what they want to see in party platforms ahead of the Oct. 3 election. [Wpg Free Press]
Jean Charest is now asking for an additional $2 million in punitive damages, $500,000 to pay his lawyers' fees and another $205,000 in other damages. [Global]
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Elsewhere
Republican Kelly Craft (and former U.S. Ambassador to Canada) pumped another $2.25 million into her campaign for Kentucky governor, as her family's wealth fuels an advertising blitz in the final run against chief rival Daniel Cameron for the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in November. [AP]
Media
Click through 👆 to access the National Newspaper Awards Twitter feed to view tweets congratulating winners in other categories. 

The Globe and Mail was the top winner at the 2022 National Newspaper Awards, collecting nine prizes at a gala in Toronto Friday. [CP]

Some members of marginalized communities who are on Bluesky say they are cautiously optimistic that their early input will help create a tolerant environment as the app grows. [NBC]
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Tech
25 years ago, we met the Mac that changed everything
On May 6, 1998, Apple introduced the iMac. And the rest is history. [Macworld]
Issued this day ...
... in 1994: Scott # 1516 - Masterpieces of Canadian Art - 7 - Varley. “Vera”. Design: Pierre-Yves Pelletier
The National Gallery of Canada is where you will find Vera (1931), painted by Group of Seven member F.H. Varley (1881-1969). The Gallery’s description of this item: 
“Varley’s numerous portraits of Vera are among his most memorable works produced in British Columbia. The naturalism found in his earlier paintings was replaced by a more complex relationship with line, shape and colour – an influence of Buddhism. The artist believed that everyone had an aura corresponding to a specific colour; he saw Vera as a “green person,” a colour he associated with the highest spirituality and purity.”

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