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Oct 28 2023

Panic mode. Council lunatics. NP Anniversary. The Roundup

Oct 28, 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
Carbon tax pause: PM in "total panic mode", Poilievre says
Despite implementing a carbon tax to incentivize “people and businesses to pollute less,” the Trudeau government is putting a "pause" on applying carbon pricing to home heating oil deliveries for three years. The opposition says the move has nothing to do with climate policy and everything to do with plunging poll numbers. [Global National]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday that his government would pause applying carbon pricing to home heating oil deliveries for three years. [Global]
Vaughn Palmer: Tax started by B.C. Liberals, continued by B.C. NDP, catapulted onto province's election agenda. [Vancouver Sun]
A new “enhanced verification process” is being put in place to prevent letter-of-acceptance fraud, a major concern after reports earlier this year of alleged fraud. [Global]
Israel-Gaza
Israeli says it is expanding its ground operation in Gaza after knocking out communications
The Israeli military spokesman says Israel is expanding its ground operation in Gaza with infantry and armored vehicles backed by “massive” strikes from the air and sea. [AP]
The resolution drafted by Arab states is not binding but carries political weight, taking the global temperature as Israel steps up ground operations in Gaza. [Global]
17 members of a Calgary man's family were killed in an airstrike that hit a Gaza City apartment building. [Global]
From the provinces

Queen's Park exchange sees Premier Doug Ford state the city's mayor is 'a good guy,' but wasn't so kind to the rest of council. [Guelph Today]
The Alberta government has dismissed the entire board of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and replaced it with a temporary administrator. [Global]
Un gouvernement péquiste interdirait à toutes les écoles financées par l’État, publiques ou privées, de sélectionner en fonction des notes ou du comportement les élèves des programmes particuliers.
The Progressive Conservative Party has announced that Rob Elliott will be there candidate when a by-election is held in Kitchener Centre. [Global]
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Elsewhere
Russia is executing its own soldiers in Ukraine, says US
‘It’s barbaric,’ US National Security Council spokesman says, as Moscow suffers ‘significant losses’ in new offensive on Ukraine’s eastern front. [Politico EU]
Fintan O'Toole reviews Left is Not Woke by Susan Neiman: "At the core of Neiman’s indictment is her contention that progressive politics has allowed its energies to flow into tribal channels of competitive victimhood in which the Enlightenment ideals enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights have given way to the belief that group identities based on race, gender, sexuality, or ethnicity have the primary claim on allegiance." [NY Review of Books]
Media
The secret history of the birth of National Post
An unvarnished oral history of the birth of National Post, from 22 people who helped build it, although many more helped create it. Both my wife and I were "Day Oners" at the Post. We both came from the Hamilton Spectator to work in the Don Mills bunker. On this 25th anniversary of its creation, was great to read these recollections by old friends and colleagues put together by Adrian Humphreys who, along with John Ivison, are, I believe, the last "Day Oners" still on the staff of the title. [National Post]
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Sci/Tech

Yes, charging your phone overnight is bad for its battery. And no, you don’t need to turn off your device to give the battery a break. Here’s why. [Wired]
Issued this day ...
... in 2020: Scott #3252i: Mary Riter Hamilton. Design: Réjean Myette. 
This was Canada’s Post’s Remembrance Day issue for 2020 featuring the 1919 painting Trenches on the Somme by Mary Riter Hamilton (1867-1954), who is often credited as Canada’s first female battlefield artist.

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