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Feb 20 2023

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Feb 20, 2022
David Akin's Roundup
Clippings of #cdnpoli, #media, and #tech content aimed at those with an interest in Canadian politics. Still in beta ... 
Canada
Former Conservative defence minister Peter MacKay says the incident highlights the need for Canada to amp up military investments right now, not just in the future.
The public safety minister would not say if the panel was briefed on national security reports that allegedly detailed campaigns by China to interfere in recent elections.

The Chinese consulate in Vancouver has denied it played any role in the election victory of two Liberal MPs in the 2021 election campaign.
The judge who led the Public Order Emergency Commission into the invocation of the Emergencies Act, Paul Rouleau, is not related to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, despite social media posts alleging a family connection.

Northern states on alert for invasion of cross-bred pig that threatens flora and fauna – and is difficult to stop

Report No. 8 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities - TRAN (44-1)
Elsewhere
President Biden appeared in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, ahead of a planned trip to Poland -- a high-risk visit that offered the strongest show of Washington's support.

In a Thursday speech to a right-wing “patriot” group in nearby Charlotte, [the new Republican Party president for Michigan] argued that Christianity belonged at the core of American politics, called evolution “one of the biggest frauds ever perpetuated on society,” and asserted the existence of demons.

Hacked from Xinjiang police records, data shows details of 700,000 Uyghurs, including those in detention.
Media
Twitter users were greeted early Saturday with an ultimatum from the social media app: Subscribe to the platform's new premium service or lose a popular account security feature.

Tired of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Skeptical of the metaverse? The non-profit, distributed, community-oriented fediverse might be for you.

Tech

Tired of manual note-taking during meetings? Here are some useful tools for creating AI-generated meeting notes.
Issued This Day ...
...  in 1969: Scott # 491 PB: Vincent Massey (1887-1967). Design: Imre von Mosdossy.
Vincent
Vincent Massey was, of course, the first Governor General of Canada to be born in Canada. I have often used the example of Massey to note that Massey and every single Governor General ever since right up to the incumbent, Mary Simon,  served Queen Elizabeth II. Kind of puts the longevity of her reign into some perspective, doesn’t it?

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