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Jul 27 2023

Trudeau’s team. CPC lead. McConnell’s freeze.

Jul 27, 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
'This is the team': Trudeau shuffles cabinet with an eye on the next federal election
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made sweeping shuffles to his cabinet, aiming to give the Liberals a much-needed boost ahead of the next federal election. Mackenzie Gray breaks down the big changes, while Mercedes Stephenson looks at what was perhaps a puzzling move and whether the overhaul could have an impact. [Global National]
Conservatives lead by 10 on the heels of the federal cabinet shuffle
The national picture remains quite challenging for the federal Liberals and Prime Minister Trudeau. Only 19% think the government deserves to be re-elected. They trail the Conservatives by 10 points nationally and have lost their advantage in Atlantic Canada. [Abacus Data]
In a short statement, the Prime Minister's Office said the new role will have a 'cross-government focus on anything that touches Canadians directly.' [Global]
Former immigration minister Sean Fraser takes over the housing file at a time when Canada's affordability crisis is being further impacted by immigration-fueled population growth. [Global]

As Canada's new Heritage Minister, up against Big Tech, Pascale St-Onge steps into a role she's been rehearsing for. [National Post]
 Here's the press release and the full list. [Prime Minister's Office]
Susan Delacourt: Wednesday’s cabinet shuffle was a reminder that this prime minister can be tough with those causing him political trouble. [TorStar]
Michelle Rempel Garner: It also sends the wrong message to Canadian women, that is, don't be ambitious. [Substack]

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is defending a decision to pay for the lawyer used by the whistleblower who brought down his leadership rival Patrick Brown last year. [TorStar]
As food prices continue to go up, a new Statistics Canada report shows that consumers are changing their grocery shopping habits for lower-cost options. [Global]
Carney was the first female Conservative member of Parliament elected in B.C. and the first female Conservative appointed from the province to the Senate. [Global]
From the provinces
B.C. and Ontario are key targets of China's foreign interference efforts but are out of the intelligence loop. [Global]

Premier Doug Ford may be sailing along this summer, but storm clouds are forming for his Progressive Conservatives, a new Abacus Data poll suggests. [TorStar]
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Elsewhere
A few minutes later, the Senate minority leader walked back to the news conference by himself. [NBC]
Media

After more than 150 years in operations, the Santa Barbara News-Press filed for bankruptcy in a Chapter 7 filing, court records showed. [SF Gate]
Tech

The chargers must be placed every 60km (37mi) and allow ad-hoc payment by card or contactless device without subscriptions. [The Verge]
You can make them with three clicks. [The Verge]
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Issued this day ...
Issued this day in 1953: Sc 332: Queen Elizabeth II — Karsh Portrait - Coil Stamps. Design: Herman Herbert Schwarz. Photograph: Yousuf Karsh.
This stamp is from a series in which Elizabeth first appeared  on a Canadian stamp as the monarch. She had been on stamps before that as Princess Elizabeth.  This first issue to feature Queen Elizabeth II included a set of five stamps in various denominations.  That first set of five definitives was issued May 1, 1953, about a year after her coronation, and then these coil stamps — including Sc 332 above — were issued later in the year.

The stamp design was based on a photograph taken by the great Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh, who would himself  be the object of a philatelic  tribute with a series of stamps issued in  his honour in 2008.  

Karsh photographed this queen multiple times, and his portraits were used on subsequent Canadian stamps.

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