The C.D. Howe Institute predicts Ottawa's spending plans will push deficits over the next four years to more than double the parliamentary budget officer's pre-election forecast. [Global]

"Poilievre ran in the last election against the end of equalization. The dairy cartel-mafia has gotten to him — he says he's not going to touch supply management," Rath said. "He's pandering to Ontario and Quebec and I can tell you, a lot of Albertans, we're sick of it." [CBC]

"...those who had consumed cannabis in the past 12 months were less likely to acknowledge: the harms associated with cannabis use while pregnant or breastfeeding
the risk of mental health issues associated with daily/almost daily cannabis use. [Government of Canada]

“I don’t think that’s right at all. As Canada, we accept everybody,” said Riley Turgeon, who is from Brooks but now resides in Edmonton. “No, I don’t think that is fair. People come here from war-torn countries and intense situations, so we must give them safekeeping here,” said James Aldrev, from Grand Prairie. [CityNews]

The Office québécois de la langue française says that while 'allez' is the preferred term, it’s now 'partially legitimized' to use the English word to show encouragement. [Global]

Alexander Panetta, CBC's outgoing correspondent in Washington, D.C., writes that he stopped seeing the U.S. as a two-dimensional entity on a screen as it became the surroundings of his life. [CBC]

These chatbots will text you once every 14 days to follow up on your previous chats. If you don't respond to the first, you'll never see them again. [PCMag]