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Aug 23 2023

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Aug 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.
Canada
Who is to blame for the housing crisis? Canadians split in poll
Leger surveyed 1,537 people between Aug. 18 and 20, asking a series of questions about the rising cost of housing and what should be done about it. [Global]
The housing crisis is a chief topic of conversation at the Liberals' cabinet retreat, which comes as the government prepares their agenda for the fall sitting of Parliament. [Global]
The NDP believe the recent Alberta election shows urban Prairie voters are rejecting politicians who peddle conspiracy theories, talk about the WEF and bash journalists. [Global]
IRCC officers are rejecting foreign worker applicants over "family ties" within Canada, despite none of them actually having relatives in the country. [National Post]
Canada has filed for judicial review of last month's Commerce Department assessment of the levies, which International Trade Minister Mary Ng says is "unfair, unjust and illegal." [Global]
The minority Liberal government began talks with opposition parties in June in an effort to set up the protocols that would establish an inquiry into foreign interference. [Global]
The federal government rejected a plan to reform Canada’s ailing access to information regime, and instead, against the advice of bureaucrats, embarked on a limited internal review that produced no substantive change. [Globe and Mail]
From the provinces
Lois Lane’s daughter rescues Yellowknife pets in vodka-assisted flight
As if you're not already going to click on this headline, this article also involves snakes on a plane. [Cabin Radio]
This announcement was made by the Ministry of Education Tuesday morning, adding that schools will also need permission from parents or guardians to change preferred names or pronouns of students under the age of 16. [Global]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office confirmed that Ryan Amato, chief of staff to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, has resigned. [Global]
Speaking Tuesday, Steve Clark reiterated a call for the federal government to defer the HST on all new, large-scale purpose-built rentals. [Global]
Quebec’s Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Atikamekw women who say they were sterilized against their will. [TorStar]
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Elsewhere

The president floats a 10 percent tax on all foreign imports, calling for a “ring around the collar” of the U.S. economy. Advisers say the plan remains a work in progress. [WaPo]

The Justice Department says a witness in the federal prosecution of Donald Trump over the hoarding of classified documents retracted “prior false testimony” after switching lawyers last month and provided new information that implicated the former president. [AP]
Sci/Tech
Here are the top reasons to choose Claude next time you reach for ChatGPT. Sounds great. One problem: ClaudeAI only available in the US and UK. When will our government sort things out so these AI tools that the world is using be available in Canada? [ZDNet]
A new paper making this claim has many flaws. But the question merits research. [AI Snake Oil]
“We have identified that the issue was due to human error.” [The Verge]

Generative AI probably will not take over most people's jobs entirely but will instead automate a portion of their duties, freeing them up to do other tasks, a U.N. study said on Monday. [Reuters]
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Media
Meta is finally launching a much more capable web app for Threads that lets you do things like browse feeds and let you post. [The Verge]

Tweets containing news article links will be stripped of headlines and other metadata (like this very sentence). Instead, X, formerly Twitter, plans to display only an image and a URL. [Fortune]

RetroVancouver, run by Dax Sorrenti, has become the home to commercials and clips from the pre-Internet decades from BCTV, UTV, VTV, and other TV channels. [North Shore News]
The Calendar
  • 830 ET: Charlottetown, PE - PM  Trudeau speaks to reporters. 
  • 930 ET: Charlottetown, PE - PM  Trudeau speaks at the Third Summit of the International Crimea Platform
  • 1000 ET: Fredericton, NB - LPC MP Jenica Atwin makes a funding announcement. 
  • 1000 ET: 135B West Block,  -  The Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association speaks about taxation policy.
  • 1000 ET: Charlottetown, PE - PM  Trudeau meets with his cabinet.
  • 1230 ET: Burnaby, BC - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh meets with Premier David Eby
  • 1315 ET: Squamish, BC - Environment Min Steven Guilbeault meets with his international counterparts.
  • 1530 ET: Charlottetown, PE - PM  Trudeau speaks about ferry service.
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