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Sep 25 2023

Speaker sorry. Ukraine stories. Hollywood peace. The Roundup

Sep 25, 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
House Speaker apologizes for honouring Ukrainian who fought in Nazi unit in WW II
House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota is apologizing for honouring a man who fought with a Nazi unit in the Second World War, saying no one else was aware of his intentions to recognize the man. [CBC]
Steven Guilbeault is expected today to stop a study of the Rouge National Urban Park that was launched after Premier Ford opened nearby protected lands to development. [Global]
Allegations that Indian government agents may be linked to a murder in Canada have sparked a diplomatic row with India, which is considered a key partner in the Indo-Pacific. [Global]
Dan Hannan: ... Canada, despite being exposed to the cultural winds that blow across the border, is unimpressed by cranks and conspiracy theorists. Sure, it has its anti-vaxxers, its Putinites, its Davos obsessives. But they have stayed on the fringes. The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is sticking to bread-and-butter issues, promising to tackle the cost-of-living crisis by cutting taxes, reducing inflation, and getting on top of excessive government spending. And he is winning. [Washington Examiner]
From the provinces

Manitoba's party leaders stepped up their attacks over the weekend in a bid to gain momentum heading into the final full week of the provincial election campaign. [CP]
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Elsewhere
Ukraine’s New Normal
Tim Judah: The first part of the war was easy to write about. When so much is happening, when millions are in flight, when the first rockets begin to hit, the story writes itself, as journalists like to say. But now it doesn’t. At this stage the obvious stories no longer explode with blinding clarity in front of you. [NYRB]
The available data prompts the conclusion that a part of the refugees will decide in favor of a prolonged residence abroad, another part will return to their homeland, while the labor migration abroad will become a widespread practice. The volume and significance of these three migration tendencies depend on the war and post-war reconstruction results, which are impossible to envisage. However, the management of each of the three prospects concerning the migration of Ukrainians will require the development of a different political approach and specific targeted measures. [Canadian Foreign Policy Journal]

Martial law prohibits elections during war and many Ukrainians who are displaced or living in Russian-occupied territories would not be able to vote. [WaPo]

Republican presidential primary contender Will Hurd is the first candidate to release an AI policy plan — framing coming AI development as a "Cold War with China" and urging licensing of frontier AI models. [Axios]
Media
Writers Guild Deal Reached With Studios, Potentially End of Strike
The Writers Guild of America and the labor group representing studios and streamers have reached a tentative deal on a new contract In a major development that could precipitate the end of a historic, 146-day writers' strike. [Hollywood Reporter]

Ariane Lavrilleux, who reported on French-Egyptian anti-terrorist cooperation for the Disclose website, had her home searched and was held in police custody. The French government is being accused of condoning attacks on press freedom. [Le Monde]

Environmental groups slammed Elon Musk’s X app, formerly known as Twitter, in a report ranking social media platforms on their approach to climate misinformation. [NBC]
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Sci/Tech
What's inside Big Ben?
Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) is the famous clock tower in London, England.  Come see how it works. [Jared Owen
The Calendar
  • 0930 ET: Toronto, ON - Women and Gender Equality Min Marci Ien makes a funding announcement. 
  • 945 ET: Ottawa, ON - Employment Min Randy Boissonnault makes a funding announcement. 
  • 1100 ET: 035B - Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE) | Meeting  FAAE 73 - Election of Vice-Chairs | Canada's Sanctions Regime
  • 1100 ET: 410 Wellington - Standing Committee on Health (HESA) | Meeting  HESA 78 - Drafting report
  • 1100 ET: 315 Wellington - Standing Committee on Natural Resources (RNNR) | Meeting  73 - Canada’s Clean Energy Plans in the Context of North American Energy Transformation
  • 1100 ET: 420 Wellington - Standing Committee on Official Languages (LANG)| Meeting  66 - Increased Francophone Immigration to Canada
  • 1330 ET: West Block - PM Trudeau meets with BC Premier David Eby.
  • 1530 ET: 025B West Block -  Special Committee on the Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship (CACN) | Meeting 23 - Committee business
  • 1530 ET: 425 Wellington - Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) | Meeting  81 - Drafting report
  • 1530 ET: 315 Wellington - Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food (AGRI) | Meeting  72 - Drafting report
  • 1530 ET: 415 Wellington - Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) | Meeting  101 - Pre-Budget Consultations
  • 1530 ET: 330 Wellington - Standing Committee on Science and Research (SRSR) | Meeting  54 - Use of Federal Government Research and Development Grants, Funds, and Contributions by Canadian Universities and Research Institutions in Partnerships with Entities Connected to the People’s Republic of China | Long-Term Impacts of Pay Gaps Experienced by Different Genders and Equity-Seeking Groups Among Faculty at Canadian Universities
  • 1530 ET: 035B West Block - Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN) | Meeting  78 - Drafting report
  • 1530 ET: 410 Wellington - Standing Committee on the Status of Women (FEWO) | Meeting  77 - Drafting report
  • 1730 ET: 310 Wellington - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh attends a reception for BC Premier David Eby.
Issued this day ...
Issued this day in 1980: Sc # 867a - se-tenant pair: Inuit - Spirits. Design: Reinhard Derreth
Each year from 1978 to 1980, Canada Post issued four stamps the highlighted Inuit culture. This pair is from the last quartet issued in 1980.  Sc 866 (l) features a soapstone carving Sedna  by Kiugak Ashoona (1933-2014).  Sc 867 reproduces Return of the Sun (1961) by by Kenojouak Ashevak (1927-2013).

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