With Canada set to host the G7, Pollara finds Canadians’ net sentiment towards the United States has plummeted from +13 (positive minus negative) a year ago to -47 today. However, Canadians are still feeling positive towards all other G7 countries. [Pollara]

The last time the public service contracted was in 2015, when the number of people employed dropped just slightly from 257,138 to 257,034. The number of public servants employed by the federal government fell from 367,772 to 357,965 over the last year [CP]

«Un ancien ministre libéral de Trudeau, oui, ça augmente considérablement sa cote de notoriété – on sait qu’il est compétent parce qu’il a travaillé en politique pendant une décennie, il a été ministre –, mais c’est aussi un ministre libéral de Justin Trudeau, c’est-à-dire que c’est un couteau à double tranchant», affirme l’analyste politique. [TVA]

Albertans who want to continue to protect themselves from the COVID-19 virus will have to pay out of pocket for it starting in the fall of 2025, the province announced on Friday. [Global]

Dallas Brodie said these included the effects of the "reconciliation industry," electoral reform, and ending mass immigration, and she will "let the chips fall where they may" when it's time to run for re-election. [CP]