Robert Fife: "This is a government that doesn’t really want to hear this information. This is a government that does not want to take seriously intelligence provided by our spy service.” [CTV]

With the support of the NDP and Bloc, the non-binding Conservative motion calling on the prime minister to have a carbon price meeting with the premiers has been adopted. [Global]

The federal government says Canada could face another destructive wildfire season, after an unusually warm winter, widespread drought conditions and a forecast of above-normal temperatures in the months ahead. [CBC]

Canadians leaving Toronto Pearson International Airport could soon be without food and beverage on their flight due to a potential strike. [Global]

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson spoke to Canadian conservatives at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference on Wednesday. [National Post]

Premier Danielle Smith says the province has had long-standing concerns over federal intrusion into areas of provincial authority.  [Global]

The confirmation comes after a video, which circulated online over the weekend, appears to show Maninder “M.S.” Gill instructing a man to register for Sask. Party memberships. According to subtitles within the video, the man is asked if he can get five people to register and is then handed money by Gill. [Regina Leader Post]

The legislation would give police the power to impose a fine of between $50 and $500 to anyone who disrupts a city council meeting with disorderly conduct. [Global]

Arizona Supreme Court rules that a near-total ban from 1864 can go into effect in a battleground state that could play an outsize role in the presidential election and help determine which party controls the U.S. Senate next year. [WaPo]

Bryan Garsten: Frustrated by persisting inequality, oppression, and corruption in liberal societies, and disillusioned with liberalism’s failures, many are stepping away. Yet liberal societies are still admirable because they offer refuge from the very people they empower. They require rulers to accept limitations on their power and provide escape hatches from the worst parts of political life. Offers of refuge may be found in opposition political parties, independent institutions, reasonably autonomous local communities, powerful civil society organizations, and the market economy. There is a nobility in offering refuge, in the safety and opportunity it presents for building something new. [Journal of Democracy

Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think. [The Free Press]

A veteran NPR editor publicly questions whether the public radio network has, in its push for greater diversity and representation, overlooked conservative viewpoints. [NPR]

More than 350 jobs to go after Warner Bros. Discovery closes all its Newshub news operations and TVNZ cuts programs and bulletins. [The Guardian]

Japan’s largest telecommunications company and the country’s biggest newspaper called for speedy legislation to restrain generative artificial intelligence, saying democracy and social order could collapse if AI is left unchecked. [WSJ]