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Jul 16 2023

Digital nomads. Legault’s land. Repugnant RFK.

Jul 16, 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
Who are digital nomads and is Canada ready to welcome them?
Last month, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced that Canada was launching a special visa for digital nomads to come and live in Canada. [Global]

La ministre de la Défense affirme « progresser » vers la cible de dépenses militaires de 2 % du PIB, sans toutefois s’engager à l’atteindre. [La Presse]
From the provinces
Yves Boisvert: Aucun premier ministre n’a autant utilisé l’expression « nation québécoise » que François Legault.  Excellent column. [La Presse]
Christian conservative groups rallying support for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs now have enough signatures to be a decisive factor in any leadership review vote. [CBC]
Provincial Progressive Conservative candidate Sean Webster cancelled his appearance at an all-candidates debate in Kanata-Carleton on Thursday – a move condemned by community organizers and his political opponents. This has been part of the Harper/Ford/Scheer/OToole playbook for nearly 20 years: Conservative candidates blowing off all-candidates debates because they say their time is better spent canvassing voters. My 2c: You can do both. Candidate does the debate, something shows respects for democracy and for all voters; canvass teams continue the canvassing. [Ottawa Citizen]
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Elsewhere
Fewer than 10 staffers were let go Thursday, according to a person familiar with the campaign. [Politico]
Kennedy — a longtime aficionado of conspiracy theories — floated the idea during a question and answer portion of a raucous booze and fart filled dinner at Tony’s Di Napoli on the Upper East Side. This rambling, barely coherent rant from RFK is absolutely repugnant. [NY Post]
68% of U.S. adults who voted in the 2020 presidential election turned out to vote in the 2022 midterms. Former President Donald Trump’s voters turned out at a higher rate in 2022 (71%) than did President Joe Biden’s voters (67%). [Pew]
Seville, Spain implemented its first naming and categorization system last year, which lead to the world's first name for a heat wave: Zoe. [Global]
Media
In the early hours of Saturday morning, Musk tweeted Twitter was suffering from an ongoing negative cash flow issue due to an approximately 50 percent drop in advertising revenue and heavy debt burden. [Endgadget]

It's all about The Bundle. [Nieman Journalism Lib]
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Tech
Saskatoon hosts Kilobots, the largest fighting robot event in Canada
Saskatoon hosts Kilobots, the largest remote-control fighting robot event in the country. [Global]

Fonts can dramatically shape what you communicate and how you read. [WaPo]
Issued this day in ...
Issued this day in 1908: Scott # 97: Quebec Tercentenary Issue: Cartier & Champlain. Design: José Antonio Machado.  

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