Canada
RCMP nixed probe into suspected PRC-linked money laundering network
Shutting down the alleged money laundering network would have 'no significant impact' on the larger problem, the national police force decided.
House of Commons grinds to halt over allegations of Liberal ‘corruption’
Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer said the governing Liberals would rather see the House bogged down in debate than produce documents related to misspent government dollars.
Les 9 vies du Bloc québécois
En lançant un ultimatum aux libéraux, le Bloc québécois a prouvé son importance stratégique dans la composition actuelle du Parlement.
The Provinces
Women, young voters helping underpin BC Conservative momentum: Poll
The survey from pollster Leger pins the Conservatives in first place with 46 support among decided voters, followed by the BC NDP with 43 per cent and the BC Greens trailing in third with 10 per cent.
BC Election: Conservatives vow to dismantle ICBC monopoly on insurance
More than three years after the NDP switched to no-fault auto insurance for ICBC, Conservative Leader John Rustad is promising his party would reverse some of the changes and also end the insurance provider’s longstanding monopoly.
I'll take ‘a bullet’ for Charter rights of LGBTQ+ kids: Grasseschi
At her first candidates’ panel on the campaign trail, [PC candidate] Grasseschi – a Christian TV host whose past positions on abortion, same-sex marriage and other social issues have been scrutinized online – listed off the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms when candidates were asked how they’d help students and the LGBTQ+ community.
Quebec bill looks to protect people from having intimate images shared without consent
He says a judge can issue an order to stop the sharing of the image or video, to have it destroyed, or to de-index a hyperlink to the image or video. Jolin-Barrette says it should take hours or a few days for an application to be processed and an order to enter into force.
Elsewhere
Trudeau to talk about AI as Francophonie summit kicks off
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to take part in an armchair discussion on artificial intelligence in France on Friday as the Francophonie summit kicks off.
Kremlin: No decision on Putin's participation in G20 and APEC summits has been made yet
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated that no decision has been made yet regarding Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s participation in the upcoming G20 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summits. They are to be held in Brazil and Peru respectively in November
Judge Blocks California Law Restricting "Materially Deceptive" Election-Related Deepfakes
The judge concluded that the law, AB 2839, likely violates the First Amendment, and therefore issued a preliminary injunction blocking it from going into effect.
Media
The Before and After
What Meta did to Canadian journalism “It would be one thing if they made the absence clear, but they went from blocking the news to facilitating the bamboozling of the news. If you were an old-fashioned Orwellian dictator, you couldn’t come up with a more clever plan.”
Ottawa modifiera le mandat de CBC/Radio-Canada et nommera un nouveau PDG d’ici 4 semaines
La ministre du Patrimoine devrait annoncer au cours des quatre prochaines semaines des changements visant à moderniser le mandat du radiodiffuseur public.
Science and tech
“Needling Doubts”: Maternalism, Neo-liberalism and Intensive Parenting as the Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy in English-speaking Canada, 1980–2007
Canadian Historical Review: The anti-vaccination movement of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries was fuelled by growing concerns about environmental toxicity, skepticism about the motivations of the pharmaceutical industry, neo-liberal ideas about health that encouraged patients to take health and health care in their own hands, and the intensive parenting styles characteristic of late twentieth century Canada. To combat vaccine hesitancy, it is vital to understand the arguments of those opposed to vaccination, which are often far more complex and nuanced than the pro-side would like to admit.
The Calendar
- 0330 ET: Paris, - PM Trudeau meets with Scale AI Chief Executive Officer Julien Billot
- 0610 ET: Paris, - PM Trudeau atteds the summit of la Francophonie.
- 0900 ET: Harrington, PE - Agriculture Min Lawrence MacAulay and LPC MP Heath MacDonald make a funding announcement.
- 1000 ET: 135B West Block, - Anti-smoking advocates speak to reporters.
- 1000 ET: Halifax, - Housing and Infrastructure Min Sean Fraser and LPC MP Lena Metlege Diab speak about foreign credential recognition.
- 1000 ET: Hamilton, - FEDDEV Min Filomena Tassi and LPC MPs Lisa Hepfner and Chad Collins make some funding announcements.
- 1130 ET: Brampton, ON - Diversity and Inclusion Min Kamal Khera and LPC MP Shafqat Ali speak about federal support for small business.
- 1400 ET: Quebec City, QC - Public Services and Procurement Min Jean-Yves Duclos speaks about federal support for small business.
