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May 9 2024

Pipeline squeeze. B.C. hacked. MTG booed: The Roundup

May 9, 2024
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
Canada pipeline squeeze set to return despite Trans Mountain start-up
As Canada's oil industry celebrates the start of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX), some company executives and analysts are already warning that long-term production growth plans will depend on new takeaway capacity becoming available. [Reuters]
More than 7,500 Canadians signed up in the first three months of the year to get family out of Gaza through a federal visa pathway that lawyers have described as onerous, chaotic and nearly impossible to complete. [CP]

Following a technical glitch, CBSA is giving ATIP requestors until the end of next March to resubmit or follow up on their requests, otherwise they will be deemed closed. [Hill Times]

We show that more vulnerable and left-wing respondents are more likely to believe that the system is in crisis. In turn, respondents having negative performance evaluations are more likely to blame poor provincial organization rather than insufficient federal funding. [Canadian Public Administration]
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced Napier's appointment and says she will work to advance reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in the new role. [Global]
Canada’s largest public service unions are threatening a 'summer of discontent' after Ottawa mandated that federal civil servants return to the office three days a week. [Global]
From the Provinces
Police present but not enforcing injunction at Alberta oil blockade
Police are present at a blockade of an oil lease road in northern Alberta but say they aren't enforcing an injunction for members of a local First Nation to clear the site. [CP]
Candidates vying to be the next leader of Alberta’s Opposition NDP want answers from presumed front-runner Naheed Nenshi about a five-year-old letter that they say signals he is anti-union. [CP]
British Columbia Premier David Eby said late Wednesday that the province had identified "sophisticated cybersecurity incidents" involving government networks. [CP]
Elsewhere
Norway’s Arctic is scene of new ‘Cold War’ between Russians, Ukrainians
In Barentsburg, Norway, a coal mining town in the high Arctic, Ukrainian residents lived side by side with Russians. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, however, Ukrainians have left the town after finding themselves in conflict with the Russian community. [Voice of America]
The Georgia lawmaker’s bid to remove the speaker angers GOP colleagues who have expressed a growing distaste for her antics during her three years in Congress. [WaPo]
‘By the end of the second day, you’re like: Trust no one,’ said one Arizona county recorder who completed a first-of-its-kind exercise on the threat of AI in the coming election. [WaPo]
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Media

“We expected the disappearance of news on Meta platforms to have caused a major shock to the Canadian information ecosystem,” the paper’s authors — Sara Parker, Saewon Park, Zeynep Pehlivan, Alexei Abrahams, Mika Desblancs, Taylor Owen, Jennie Phillips, and Aengus Bridgman — write. But the shock appears to have been one-sided. While “the ban has significantly impacted Canadian news outlets,” the authors write, “Meta has deprived users of the affordance of news sharing without suffering any loss in engagement of their user base.” [Nieman Journalism Lab]
Science and Tech
Deepfakes of your dead loved ones are a booming Chinese business
People are seeking help from AI-generated avatars to process their grief after a family member passes away. [MIT Technology Review]
Google Search is starting to roll out what might be a handy new feature, “custom filters.”Showing up for some users in Search, “custom filters” can tailor search results from Google to fit your specific needs. Not yet available for my account. Yours? Sounds like a great idea.  [9to5Google]
The Calendar
  • 0815 ET: 415 Wellington - Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) | Meeting 113 - FY24 Supp Cs / FY25 Main Estimates. Housing and Infrastructure Min Sean Fraser and Employment Min Jenna Sudds to testify.
  • 0815 ET: 430 Wellington - Justice and Human Rights (JUST) | Meeting 104 - Antisemitism and Additional Measures that Could be Taken to Address the Valid Fears that are Being Expressed by Canada’s Jewish Community
  • 0815 ET: 125-B, West Block - Official Languages (LANG) | Meeting 99 - Federal Funding for Minority-Language Post-Secondary Institutions. Official Languages Min Randy Boissonnault to testify.
  • 0815 ET: 425 Wellington - Public Safety and National Security (SECU) | Meeting 106 - Bill S-210
  • 0900 ET: Ottawa - Transport Min Pablo Rodriguez and Diversity Min Kamal Khera speak at the National Air Accessibility Summit
  • 0900 ET: B45 Senate building -  Senate commitee on Agriculture and Forestry : The growing issue of wildfires in Canada and the consequential effects that wildfires have on forestry and agriculture industries
  • 0900 ET: W110 1 Wellington -  Senate commitee on Fisheries and Oceans : Canada's Elver Fishery
  • 0900 ET: Ottawa - PM Trudeau meets with the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee.
  • 0915 ET: B30, Senate of Canada Building -  Senate commitee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources : Bill C-248. NDP MP Brian Masse to testify.
  • 1030 ET: 135B West Block -  NGO representatives speak about Canadian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Day.
  • 1100 ET: 425 Wellington - Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) | Meeting 117 - FY25 Main Estimates.
  • 1100 ET: 315 Wellington - Health (HESA) | Meeting 115 - Opioid Epidemic and Toxic Drug Crisis in Canada
  • 1100 ET: 410 Wellington - Science and Research (SRSR) | Meeting 86 - Science and Research in Canada's Arctic in Relation to Climate Change
  • 1100 ET: 225-A, West Block - Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN) | Meeting 114 - State of Airline Competition in Canada
  • 1100 ET: National Press Theatre - Emergency Preparedness Min Harjit Sajjan , Environment Min Steven Guilbeault, Natural Resources Min Jonathan Wilkinson, and LPC MP Sherry Romanado speak about the 2024 wildfire season
  • 1130 ET: W110 1 Wellington -  Senate commitee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy : Bill S-243
  • 1130 ET: C128 Senate building -  Senate commitee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade : Canada's interests and engagement in Africa
  • 1130 ET: B45 Senate building -  Senate commitee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology :  Billl S-249
  • 1145 ET: B30 Senate building -  Senate commitee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs : Bill C-291. CPC MPs Mel Arnold and Frank Caputo to testify.
  • 1200 ET: Parliament Hill - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh attends a rally to support abortion access rights.
  • 1230 ET: Ottawa - Transport Min Pablo Rodriguez and Diversity Min Kamal Khera speak to reporters.
  • 1230 ET: Ottawa - LPC MP Adam van Koeverden and David McGuinty make a funding announcement. 
  • 1230 ET: Gatineau, QC - CEDQR Min Soraya Martinez Ferrada makes a funding announcement. 
  • 1300 ET: National Press Theatre - Sport Min Carla Qualtrough speaks about the Future of Sport in Canada commission
  • 1530 ET: 430 Wellington - Canadian Heritage (CHPC) | Meeting 119 - Bill C-316
  • 1530 ET: 425 Wellington - Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI) | Meeting 107 - Environment and Climate Impacts Related to the Canadian Financial System
  • 1530 ET: 315 Wellington - Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO) | Meeting 110 - FY25 Main Estimates. Fisheries Min Diane Lebouthillier to testify.
  • 1530 ET: 415 Wellington - International Trade (CIIT) | Meeting 105 - Canadian Businesses in Supply Chains and Global Markets
  • 1530 ET: 035-B, West Block - Natural Resources (RNNR) | Meeting 98 - Canada’s Electricity Grid and Network
  • 1530 ET: 410 Wellington - Public Accounts (PACP) | Meeting 120 - Drafting report.
  • 1530 ET: 330 Wellington -  Status of Women (FEWO) | Meeting 108 - Coercive Behaviour
  • 1545 ET: National Press Theatre - Employment Min Randy Boissonnault and Senator Hassan Yussuff speak about the EI Board of Appeal.
Issued this day ...
… in  1986. Scott #1094. Canadian Forces Postal Services. Design: Jacques DesRosiers.  Marks the 75th anniversary of Canadian military postal service.

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