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Jul 2 2023

Pacific strike. Earth tilts. Twitter Hack.

Jul 2, 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
Strike gets underway for more than 7,400 port workers across B.C.
Major groups representing businesses across Canada sounded the alarm on Saturday over the potential economic impact of a strike by British Columbia's port workers. [CP]

The Liberal government can solve the ongoing impasse with Meta and Google by making the Big Tech platforms pay into a fund for news outlets. [National Post]

The NDP leader warned the prime minister not to use the lack of consensus among the opposition parties as an excuse. [National Post]
From the provinces

Quebec's housing agency says almost 200 households have been forced to find temporary shelter after being unable to find a new place to live on the province's annual moving day. [CP]
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Elsewhere
With eye on China, Japan to deepen ties with NATO at key leaders' summit
A NATO office in Tokyo and a new partnership agreement with the alliance are set to top Fumio Kishida’s agenda when he attends next week's summit in Lithuania. [Japan Times]
Noah Smith: Canada has a nation-building population strategy. Does America? [Noahpinion.blog]
Connor O'Brien: As policymakers consider how to respond to a world in which remote work provides many workers with job opportunities outside of traditional urban centers, they should pay close attention to the quality-of-life and cost concerns of young families. [Economic Innovation Group]

Pumping groundwater for drinking and irrigation has had a noticeable effect on the entire planet, data shows. [WaPo]
The station's interior is 74,000 square feet, although it will soon be one-upped by a new location in Texas which will be 75,000 square feet. [TheDrive]
Media
Elon Musk says verified accounts can read up to 10,000 posts a day while unverified ones are limited to 1,000. [BBC]
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Tech
Tara Calishain: If you don’t have access to Twitter but you need to access Twitter profile data or tweets, I have a couple of options for you. They’re not as good as going on Twitter directly, of course, but they might help you out. [ResearchBuzz]
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