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Jul 12 2025

The Roundup: Carney's finances. Chiefs questions. State layoffs.

SAT JUL 12 2025
David Akin's Roundup
Carney's finances. Chiefs questions. State layoffs.
Canada
Carney to meet with cabinet, premiers following Trump's latest tariff threat
The Prime Minister's Office announced there will be a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss ongoing Canada-U.S. trade negotiations. Carney's office said he also will meet with the premiers on July 22 as they gather for the annual Council of the Federation conference in Huntsville, Ont. [CP]
The disclosure states that Carney and the commissioner have agreed to a conflict of interest screen "aimed at preventing any opportunity" to further Carney's interests "or to improperly further those of Brookfield Asset Management, Brookfield Corporation, and Stripe Inc., and any company owned or controlled by them." [CP]

What better place to have our iconic Stetsons made than a state known for their ten-gallon hats?!' a RCMP press release stated in January 2024. [National Post]
Carney Government: An In-Depth Overview
Discover what Canadians think of Mark Carney and his impact on Canadian policies today. Learn more in this report. [Leger]
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre says he lost his riding of Carleton in the federal election due to an "aggressive" campaign by public sector unions after he was honest about wanting to cut federal worker jobs. [CBC]
Bill C-5, the Building Canada Act, allows cabinet to quickly grant federal approvals for big industrial projects like mines, ports and pipelines by sidestepping existing laws. Carney promised to meet with First Nations after chiefs said their rights were not respected by the rush to push the bill through Parliament. [CP]
Here is the briefing binder prepared by the department for Kody Blois as he took on the role of Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food in March. Sadly for Mr. Blois, he was not appointed to cabinet after the election in April. The job of Ag Minister went to PEI's Heath MacDonald instead who, I suspect, got a briefing book similar to this one. Also: This link is particularly useful because it contains links to briefing binders prepared for Lawrence MacAulay when he took the Ag job in 2023 and for Marie-Claude Bibeau who had the job in both 2019 and 2021. There are also Deputy Ministers briefing binders. - DA [Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada] 
The Provinces
Inside the alliance between Mark Carney and Doug Ford
With so much at stake for Canadians, it is the most important political alliance in the country. [TorStar] 🔐
The province said the funding will go to 25 projects and see more than 2,300 units built, ranging from student housing in Edmonton to units in Calgary for the homeless. [Global]
Aurora
Elsewhere
State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees in downsizing plan
The move has come under strong criticism from current and former diplomats who say the cuts will degrade America’s standing in the world and curb U.S. soft power. [WaPo] (🎁 link)

Russia's strikes extended from the Kharkiv and Sumy regions to the Lviv region and Bukovyna," Zelenskyy reported. The western regions of the country were hit hardest, with Lviv, Lutsk, and Chernivtsi bearing the brunt of the attacks, according to Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha. [Euronews]

Ukraine is preparing to defend against Russia’s 1000 daily drones by mass-producing interceptor drones. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the technology is already proven—and now Kyiv is calling on international partners to help scale it up. [Euromaidan Press]
Media

High trust scores for The Weather Network, CBC, CTV, and Global. [Pollara]
Local Journalist Index 2025
Less than a quarter-century ago, the United States had about 40 journalists per 100,000 residents on average. Now, the equivalent number is 8.2 Local Journalist Equivalents, about a 75% decline. [Muck Rack]
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Science and Technology

Citronella, bug zappers, and wristbands are all pretty much useless. You need a nice big box fan, and a bottle of the right kind of bug spray. [LIfe Hacker]
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… in 2016. Sc 2929 souvenir sheet of 5. Birds of Canada — 1. Design: Kosta Tsetsekas, John Belisle.

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