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Mar 23 2023

Independent Dong. Biden visit. Metcalfe honour.

Mar 23, 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.
U.S. President Joe Biden touches down in Ottawa this evening. He will speak to Canada's Parliament on Friday.
Canada
Liberal MP Han Dong secretly advised Chinese diplomat in 2021 to delay freeing Two Michaels: sources
The sources said Dong allegedly suggested to China’s consul general in Toronto, that if Beijing released the Two Michaels, the Opposition Conservatives would benefit. [Global]
The move came hours after Global News reported Dong privately advised a senior Chinese diplomat in February 2021 that Beijing should hold off freeing Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. [Global]
Conservative lead down to 2 over the Liberals
Latest horse race numbers from polling firm Abacus Data [Abacus Data]
There was growing pressure on the federal government to extend the CUAET program — which expires on March 31 — as the war in Ukraine has entered its second year. [Global]

The neighbouring nations have had a long history of collaboration, and on Thursday Trudeau offered a hint of what will be at the 'centre' of his conversations with Biden. [Global]
Former prime minister Stephen Harper compares the current political climate to that of the 1970s and suggests Poilievre will be Canada’s next prime minister. [Global]
The foreign affairs minister and other Global Affairs Canada officials testified at the House of Commons immigration committee on its final report on the chaotic withdrawal. [Global]
On World Water Day, more than 2 billion people around the globe are living without access to safe water, including many First Nations communities in Canada. [Global]
From the Provinces

The campaign-style address from Smith was filled with volleys at the NDP, drawing big applause from the room of more than 900 UCP supporters. [Calgary Herald]
Elsewhere

The Biden administration has extended invitations to 120 global leaders for next week's Summit for Democracy, including to representatives from eight countries that weren't invited to the White House's inaugural summit in 2021. [AP]
Media

$75,000 Weston International Award established to build literary fellowship between domestic authors and their colleagues abroad. [Globe and Mail]
Tech
Ethernet co-inventor Bob Metcalfe wins the Turing Award, the 'Nobel Prize of computing'
Bob Metcalfe received the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. As a tech reporter in the 1990s, I ran into Metcalfe often -- was even invited, once, to a dinner party at his townhouse on Boston's Back Bay where I ended up sitting next to WWW inventor Tim Berners-Lee (that's a whole other story) -- and found him to be an absolute delight. Great humour. As curious about Canada as many tech execs I've ever met. (Likely a result that he owns a property in Maine who, as we all know, are "almost Canadians.") Never resorted to "corporate speak" baloney when you turned the tape on for an interview. And his contributions to networking -- not just Ethernet, but also TCP/IP -- are exceptional.
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... in 1966: Sc #428 block of 4: Floral Emblems and Coats of Arms of the Provinces and Territories: Yukon. Design: Harvey Thomas Prosser.

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