Past issues Subscribe

Dec 9 2023

Trudeau’s offer. Disinformation threat. BC living. The Roundup

Dec 9, 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
Entrevue éditoriale avec Justin Trudeau | « J’ai encore énormément à offrir »
Après une année difficile et beaucoup de réflexion, « il n’y a pas de doute » dans l’esprit de Justin Trudeau. En entrevue éditoriale avec La Presse, le chef libéral affirme vouloir rester en poste et se tient prêt à affronter son adversaire conservateur lors d’un scrutin déterminant. Les élections ne sont toutefois pas pour demain, assure le premier ministre. Le retour à l’équilibre budgétaire non plus. Trudeau's remarks here are consistent with everything I've heard that he's said about his future. [La Presse]
The Atomwaffen Division is a neo-Nazi group connected with murders and harassment in the United States, and is listed as a terrorist group by the Canadian government. [Global]
Advances in AI have pushed disinformation and misinformation campaigns to a new level of effectiveness and covertness, says Jody Thomas. [National Post]
Dominique O’Rourke of Ward 6 hopes to replace longtime MP Lloyd Longfield. Even as Stephen Harper's Conservatives were rolling up southwestern Ontario in their 2011 majority, Guelph remained the tiny red dot west of Highway 6. So this Liberal nomination fight is, in my view, where the decision will be made about Guelph's next MP. [Guelph Today]
Chong has been the Wellington-Halton Hills MP since 2004. [Guelph Today]
From the provinces
Average life expectancy lower in B.C. Interior towns than provincial average
Does where you live in British Columbia dictate how long you will live? Statistics show there's a big gap between the provincial average and some city specific averages. [Global]
The premier said a panel of noted economists has modelled the plan to show B.C. could have up to 293,000 net new housing units by 2034. [Vancouver Sun]
Finance Minister Nate Horner, after promising any stand-alone Alberta pension plan would not follow the Quebec model, told reporters Friday that possibility is back on the table. [Global]
A look at the Sask. legislature's fall sitting found worsening ties with Ottawa, use of the notwithstanding clause and a mounting deficit. [Regina Leader Post]
Elsewhere
Why fewer American voters matter in presidential elections
The electoral college system empowers a sliver of the U.S. population in battleground states. And the majority may not even prevail. [WaPo]

Last month, all the parties in Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, agreed to postpone elections until after the war. Why, then, have some members of the Ukrainian government vacillated? One reason may be Russian propaganda. [Al Jazeera]
Media

First Amendment advocates are alarmed by the case of Catherine Herridge, who is facing an imminent court deadline and steep fines. [WaPo]

Top CBC executives said Friday they are considering options to manage the broadcaster's financial pressures, including taking a look at "senior executive compensation," following plans to slash 10 per cent of the public broadcaster's workforce. [CP]
My bureau is hiring: .. looking for a full-time ENG Digital Technician. Reporting to the Bureau Manager, you will be a member of the Global team which produces the network’s flagship news program ‘Global National News’ and the market leading political affairs show 'The West Block with Mercedes Stephenson'. You will also produce content for GlobalNews.ca. [Corus]
Can u spare $5 a month for this newsletter? Click now!
Sci/Tech
Microsoft found that celebrities were tricked into making videos used to attack Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. [WSJ]
Negotiators from the European Parliament and the bloc’s 27 member countries overcame big differences to sign a tentative political agreement for the Artificial Intelligence Act. [AP]
The Calendar
  • 0001 ET: Dubai, UAE  - Environment Min Steven Guilbeault attends the COP28 30x30 High-Level Event
  • 0130 ET: Dubai, UAE  - Environment Min Steven Guilbeault speaks to reporters.
  • 0930 ET: Dubai, UAE  - Environment Min Steven Guilbeault attends a COP15 Reception.

Previous Issues

Load More