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Jul 5 2025

The Roundup: Cowboy Carney. Fontaine stays. Rutte praise.

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David Akin's Roundup
Cowboy Carney. Fontaine stays. Rutte praise.
Canada
'What are you doing here?': Carney makes first Stampede visit as prime minister
Canada's new prime minister, best known as a buttoned-down banker, donned a cowboy hat and toured the stables Friday evening at the Calgary Stampede. Over an hour-long tour winding through the rodeo grounds, Mark Carney crawled into a tank, snacked at food stations and posed for dozens of selfies, marking his first visit to the Stampede as prime minister. [CP]
Speaking in Calgary on Friday, Hodgson said the new legislation — which enables the cabinet to quickly approve projects of national interest by overriding federal laws — will empower the government to act swiftly and any legislative fine-tuning would come later. [National Post]
A spokesperson for Industry Minister Mélanie Joly confirmed Friday that the talks were ongoing but did not provide any further details. [Global]
Experts say the bill, which cuts billions of tax credits for clean energy and electric vehicles, end a brief era where the U.S. and Canada were moving in the same direction. [Global]
They say by approving updated Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particulate matter, they are "supporting actions that will continue to improve air quality in Canada." The standards measure the amount of a given pollutant in outdoor air, and while they are not legally binding, the ministers call them a key element of managing air quality. [CP]
Despite opposition from Alberta and Ontario, the federal minister of Indigenous services plans to reintroduce legislation to ensure First Nations' rights to clean drinking water. [Global]

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service confirmed it had sent an 'espionage advisory' to federal departments and universities. [Global]

Kurek brings extensive experience from his tenure as the Member of Parliament for Battle River—Crowfoot (2019–2025), where he was a tireless advocate for Alberta. [Upstream Strategy Group]
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The Provinces
Accessibility minister will keep her job after comments about sign-language interpreter: Manitoba premier
Premier Wab Kinew said Nahanni Fontaine, Manitoba's accessibility minister, will remain in her position after she apologized for asking why she had to share a stage with a sign-language interpreter. [CBC]

Bowinn Ma says she knows it's strange to say, but she is aware of other elected officials who have been the subject of many more such threats. Ma's comments come after an explosive blasted open the front door of her North Vancouver constituency office last week, setting off an RCMP investigation. [CP]
Aurora
Elsewhere
Mark Rutte has only good things to say about President Trump and his impact on the world stage. [NYT]

The talk comes a day after Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Ukraine, Iran and other issues in a call the Kremlin described as "frank and constructive". [Euronews]
Media

David Frum is joined by the legendary newspaper editor Marty Baron to discuss how today’s media institutions are struggling to stand up to power. Baron reflects on his tenure at The Washington Post, the new pressures facing owners such as Jeff Bezos, and how Trump has turned retribution into official policy. [The Atlantic]
One way to do this is the OSINT Framework. It walks you though various modes of questioning. Do you want to trace a username, for example? A photo? The person’s actual name? The OSINT Framework explains these options as well as tools for carrying them out. [Tools for Reporters]
Science and Technology

The new cold war means a race with China over AI, biotech, and more. This poses a hard dilemma: win by embracing technologies that make us more like our enemy — or protect ourselves from tech dehumanization but become subjects to a totalitarian menace. [The New Atlantis]
The European Union said it will stick to its timeline for rolling out its AI legislation, ignoring calls by tech companies to delay the bloc's AI rules. [TechCrunch]
The Calendar
  • 1300 : Calgary - PM Carney attends the Calgary Stampede Pancake Breakfast.
  • 1415 : Calgary - PM Carney attends a Canadian Chamber of Commerce event.
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