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Sep 21 2023

India’s warning. Political massages. Lockdown ban. The Roundup

Sep 21, 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

India's visa processing centre in Canada suspended services Thursday as a rift widened between the countries after Canada's leader said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen. [CP]
As spat builds, India claims students at risk in Canada despite envoy avowing safety
Experts warn a months-long diplomatic row with India is only just beginning. India warned students headed to Canada of security risks, contradicting comments the country's top envoy made in Ottawa three weeks ago. [CP]
Chandra Arya 👇 is a Liberal MP representing an Ottawa-area riding. He is one of two Hindu MPs in Canada's House of Commons. 

'With some diplomats having received threats on ... social media platforms, Global Affairs Canada is assessing its staff complement in India' [National Post]
Why the agricultural sector is hoping cooler heads prevail in the rising diplomatic tensions between Canada and India in the Hardeep Singh Nijjar case. [Global]
Poilievre's office issues guidance to Conservative MPs ahead of "parental rights" protests, including "please do not talk to media or post on social media about this issue" [Global]
China had issued an Interpol Red Notice against Wei Hu as part of Operation Fox Hunt. [Global]

Conservative MPs say they support renewable projects but can't support the bill because it allows politicians to order an end to offshore oil drilling in protected marine areas. [Global]

The 14th Report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN). [House of Commons]
From the provinces
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office says cabinet member Kaleed Rasheed has resigned from his role and from the Progressive Conservative caucus. This story involves massages with Greenbelt developers in Las Vegas .... [Global]

As COVID and flu season approaches, the leaders of two Manitoba political parties are promising no more lockdowns, no matter what public health situation emerges in the future. [CBC]
The Alberta government is set to release its long-promised report on whether the province should quit the Canada Pension Plan and pursue its own provincial program. [Global]
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Elsewhere
Antonio Guterres delivered the comments on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, as politicians, as well as activists, business and civil society leaders met for the summit. [Global]
The comments come less than a year after Hurricane Ian left more than 100 people dead in Florida. [Politico]
Media
Leger conducted a national online survey of 1,564 people over the weekend to seek opinions about the Liberal government's Online News Act. [Global]
The CRTC says it won’t decide on a Fox News ban until it’s done a full review of its regulatory policy for foreign TV channels. [National Post]
Our recent research report, Generating Change, shares what newsrooms are doing with AI today. [Google]
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Sci/Tech
In our bureau, we use the Trint app and platform to provide real-time transcriptions of press conferences, committee meetings etc. But I just discovered yesterday, thanks to a colleague, that Microsoft has built in transcription to the Web and Windows edition of Microsoft Word. It's pretty fast, too -- faster, in some ways, than Trint. One thing Word's transcribe cannot do is adjust 'time-code'. In the broadcast world, we tend to create original video content containing time-of-day timecode, i.e. at 2:24:32 the Prime Minister said this or that in the House of Commons. But most audio recording devices used straight "run-time" code. So if you turned your recorder in the House of Commons at 2:15 pm, the PM clip you wanted would happen 9 minutes and 24 seconds into your tape. Trint allows you to set what would be the 0:00:00 point in your recording to a specific time-of-day, allowing you to match up your broadcast tape with your transcription. While Word's transcription doesn't yet do that, the service is robust and accurate enough -- in English, mind you -- to be a great backup or a full-time transcription service for those who do not need to adjust their time-code. - DA [Microsoft]
The Calendar
  • 0800 ET: New York City - PM  Trudeau meets Haiti PM Ariel Henry
  • 815 ET: 035B West Block - Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) | Meeting 71 - Drafting report
  • 830 ET: New York City - PM  Trudeau chairs the High-Level Meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti
  • 900 ET: B45 Senate Building - Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry | Meeting 50 - C-234
  • 1030 ET: Scarborough, ON - Public Services and Procurement Min Jean-Yves Duclos marks the opening of the Albert Jackson Canada Post Processing Centre
  • 1100 ET: 315 Wellington - Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) | Meeting 77 - Drafting report
  • 1130 ET: C128 Senate Building - Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade | Meeting 52 - Committee business
  • 1130 ET: C128 Senate Building - Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade | Meeting 52 - Drafting report
  • 1130 ET: B45 Senate Building - Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology | Canada's Temporary and Migrant Labour Force
  • 1130 ET: New York City - PM  Trudeau speaks to reporters.
  • 1315 ET: Ottawa - Deputy PM and Fin Min Chrystia Freeland , Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, Housing MInister Sean Fraser, Small Business Minister Rechie Valdez and Treasury Board President Anita Anand make an announcement and speak to reporters.
  • 1330 ET: New York City - Environment Min Steven Guilbeault speaks to reporters.
  • 1530 ET: 315 Wellington - Standing Committee on Industry and Technology (INDU) | Meeting 85 - C-34
  • 1530 ET: 330 Wellington - Standing Committee on National Defence (NDDN) | Briefing on the Situation in the Indo-Pacific Region
  • 1530 ET: 420 Wellington - Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) | Meeting 73 - Drafting report
  • 1530 ET: 415 Wellington - Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) | Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2024 Budget
  • 1530 ET: 225A West Block - Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP) | Meeting 73 - Drafting reports.
  • 1530 ET: 410 Wellington - Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO) | Meeting 76 - Committee business.
  • 1620 ET: New York City - PM  Trudeau departs for Canada.
  • 1730 ET: Ottawa - PM  Trudeau arrives at Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
Issued this day ...
... in 1984: Sc 1035a - se-tenant block of 4: Canadian Lighthouses — I. Design: Ken Rodmell. Paintings by Dennis Noble.
This was the first of two quartets of stamps issued by Canada Post to mark notable Canadian lighthouses. In this group, we have, clockwise from top left, Sc 1035 Gibraltar Point, ON (1808); Sc 1034 Île Verte, QC (1809); Sc 1033 Fisgard, BC (1860); and Sc 1032 Louisbourg, NS (1809).

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