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Aug 12, 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
Climate change playing havoc with Atlantic fisheries stocks
In Labrador, the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) is calling for the full closure of rivers and an immediate stop of catch-and-release fishing until water levels reach a safe and sustainable range to protect migrating salmon heading into the spawning season. [APTN News]  

Canada aims to welcome 451,000 new immigrants in 2024. By 2025, the number is expected to go up to 500,000. Miller said he was not considering slashing these targets. [Global]
Andrew MacDougall: In making his cheap and easy movie post, the prime minister knew he could build brand while highlighting the negative brand of his opponents. [Ottawa Citizen]

Politicians campaign on their personal lives, and Justin Trudeau is one of the best at it [The Walrus]
Shannon Proudfoot: People deserve more than being patted on the head and treated like cardboard cut-outs by someone who claims to understand their lives. [Globe and Mail]

“You can’t be a part of the Indigenous community without being aware of the various people who pop up,” said Drew Hayden Taylor, who wrote an editorial after allegations that Joseph Boyden had been incorrectly claiming Indigenous identity. Taylor is also the creator of a documentary called “The Pretendians” that looks at some of the reasons why people claim Indigenous identity. [APTN News]
From the provinces
Embattled Premier Doug Ford insists “no one had preferential treatment” in his $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap despite the auditor general’s conclusion that some developers were favoured. [TorStar]
Premier Scott Moe pledges government will listen to message from voters, after losing two of three byelections to NDP. [SaskToday]
La co-porte-parole de Québec solidaire Manon Massé a révélé avoir subi jeudi une opération au cœur à la suite d’un diagnostic d’arythmie. La principale intéressée a publié une mise à jour de son état de santé sur les réseaux sociaux pour expliquer son absence au Défilé de la Fierté, dimanche. [La Presse]
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Elsewhere
In 2018 and 2022 midterm elections as well as the 2020 presidential election, young voters played a central role in Democrats' victories. Can Democrats go to the same well a fourth time? [LA Times]
Ukrainian officials say Russia fired missiles at western Ukraine that killed an 8-year-old boy. The child died on Friday in a region of Ukraine located some 100 kilometers, about 60 miles, from the Polish border. [AP]
In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home. [Kansas Reflector]
Tech
War, AI and the new global arms race
Lethal drones with facial recognition, armed robots, autonomous fighter jets: we're at the dawn of a new age of AI-powered warfare, says technologist Alexandr Wang. He explores why data will be the secret weapon in this uncharted landscape and emphasizes the need to consider national security when developing new tech -- or potentially face all-out AI warfare. [TED]
The Ukrainian battlespace features the most intensive use of drones in a military conflict in history, marking a shift in warfare tactics and technolog. [European Council on Foreign Relations]
 Companies like Joby and Archer are about to begin production of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. For investors, the upside could be in the billions. For city dwellers, the skies will never be the same. [Barrons]
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Media

La nouvelle a été annoncée aux employés par un courriel, envoyé par le PDG Andrew Mulé vers 16 h 30 vendredi. [La Presse]
Michael Friscolanti: The fallout from Bill C-18 has just begun. No matter what happens, GuelphToday will keep doing what we do best: covering the stories that matter most in your community. [Guelph Today]
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.. in 1965: Scott # 440: Sir Winston Churchill. Design: Phillip Weiss. Photograph: Yousuf Karsh.

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