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Mar 4 2023

Harper speech. Ford funds. COVID Cats.

Mar 4, 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
Chinese Canadian parliamentarians among ‘greater targets’ for interference: Trudeau
Justin Trudeau made the comments to reporters in Winnipeg Friday as pressure grows on the federal government to call a public inquiry over Chinese foreign interference reports. [Global]

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and her Chinese counterpart had a testy exchange this week over allegations that Beijing’s envoys may be interfering in Canadian matters. [TorStar]
The Manning Centre (now known as the Canada Strong and Free Network) has the agenda out for its conference in Ottawa this month and former prime minister Stephen Harper is to give a keynote address on WED MAR 22 followed by a “fireside chat” with Preston Manning to mark the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Reform Party. 
Harper has only rarely given speeches in Canada since leaving office in 2015 and certainly has not done anything in the nation's capital since then.  [Conference Agenda]
From the Provinces
What do the Ontario Liberals truly want to be?
Steve Paikin: As the party readies itself for its biggest annual general meeting in two decades, it still needs to figure out what kind of party it is. [TVO]

Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have quietly held the largest political fundraiser in Canadian history, bringing in a staggering $6 million. [TorStar]
Quebec Premier François Legault, however, did not say where he got that information or whether his government had carried out any checks. [Global]
The Saskatchewan legislature begins a new session on Monday, March 6, and with it comes a big shakeup in the Sask. political landscape. [Global]
Elsewhere

The Florida governor has used his trips to highlight his state’s accomplishments — citing statistics that sometimes mask far more complicated debates. [WaPo]

King Charles III will travel to France and Germany for his first state visits since becoming monarch, Buckingham Palace said Friday, underscoring Britain’s efforts to build bridges with its European neighbors following years of strained relations caused by Brexit. [AP]
COVID and Vaccines

People who have long COVID — lingering symptoms after a COVID-19 infection — may also have lower brain oxygen levels, cognitive problems and psychiatric troubles, such as anxiety and depression. [US News & World Report]

Former U.K. deputy health minister Lord Bethell said it was considered early in the pandemic when little about the virus was known. [Time]
Media

The European news channel's headquarters in Lyon will be sold. For the journalists, it's 'the end of a model' and for their union, 'an almost total dismantling.' [Le Monde]
Tech

The simple features or sf R package allows geodata to be imported as objects with the type sf, which are essentially R data frames with the map geometry stored as coordinates in a variable called geometry. This allows you to work with geodata as you would with regular data frames or tibbles, using functions from the dplyr package and the rest of the tidyverse, including the charting package ggplot2 for making maps.
Issued this day ...
.. in 2005: Sc # 2090: Expo 2005. Design: HM&E Design. 
Expo 2005 was held in Aichi, Japan. The Canadian pavilion celebrated "Wisdom of Diversity."

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