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Nov 5 2023

Poilievre’s praise. Pablo’s plea. Parental promise. The Roundup

Nov 5, 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
Boissonault cites TMX, ‘energy poverty’ in carbon price carve-out furor
Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says it's not uncommon for Ottawa to make decisions in the national interest that have a greater benefit in one region. Boissonnault will explain more today on The West Block with Mercedes Stephenson. Tune in!  [Global]
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made his pitch to Saskatchewan conservatives on Saturday, pledging better relations with Western Canada should he become the next prime minister. [Global]
Tous les Canadiens devraient s’inquiéter de la montée des conservateurs au pays, selon le ministre des Transports et lieutenant du Québec, Pablo Rodriguez. [La Presse]
From the provinces
How Alberta became a green energy leader then squandered it
Canada’s oil and gas province quietly became a wind and solar powerhouse, then hit the brakes. What happens now? [Global]
“We’re not going back to the era of individual hospital boards that aren’t in an integrated network, but we’re going back to more local control, more zonal control, and then keeping the things that work in the central health region, keeping them at a central level,” she said. [Edmonton Journal]
Premier Danielle Smith, in a speech to her party delegates, promised to fight the feds and build Alberta, but got the loudest applause when she promised to keep parents in control of their child's education. [CP]
Premier Scott Moe received 97 per cent approval after a leadership review vote conducted at the 2023 Saskatchewan Party convention. [CJWW]
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Elsewhere
Blinken, Arab counterparts disagree on need for ceasefire in Gaza
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Jordan’s capital to call for a humanitarian pause while meeting with counterparts from Arab nations, who called for the protection of Palestinian civilians. The Arabs want a ceasefire. Blinken argues for a pause. [Global National]
Canadians awaiting word on when they can leave the war-torn Gaza Strip by crossing into Egypt still don't appear to have the green light to begin their journey home. [CP]

Voters in battleground states said they trusted Donald J. Trump over President Biden on the economy, foreign policy and immigration, as Mr. Biden’s multiracial base shows signs of fraying. [NYT]

The restriction on poppy cultivation has decimated a key trade for hundreds of thousands of farmers and labourers. [Al Jazeera]
Media
The recordings are more than just readings. The writers introduce their works, answer questions and muse about what it is they're trying to achieve. [Global]
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Sci/Tech
'I had to put a lot of trust in [the anaesthetists] because if he wakes up that's not a good thing,' Dr. Martin Hamilton said. [Guelph Today]

We tried to build a Twitter alternative from scratch, starting a few weeks after Elon Musk took over Twitter and laid off half the company. [Medium]

The Calendar
  • 0945 ET: via teleconference  - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP convention.
Issued this day ...
... in 2012: Scott #2586: Picture Postage - Dots. Design: Stéphane Huot.
My collection of Canadian stamps numbers a few thousand. Ask me my favourite? Please don’t. Too tough to choose! Ask me the ones I like the least? Well, this 12-stamp “Picture Postage” set is right up there. The idea with this and the other 11 stamps like it is you would personalize each stamp with your own photo with one of 11 different frames around it. This one, Sc 2586,  is the “Dots” frame but you could have had wedding bells or maple leaves or snowflakes. All awful, if you ask me. A Canada Post design team that had pretty much given up at this point, shrugged its collective shoulder and said to its customers — you figure it out. Yecch.

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