Canada
Trudeau won’t say if Liberal MPs allegedly conspired with foreign states
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Leader Elizabeth May say none of their MPs are named in NSICOP's foreign interference report but Justin Trudeau won't say if Liberals were named.
NDP leader says Han Dong shouldn't be allowed back into Liberal caucus
After reading an unredacted report from one of Canada's intelligence oversight bodies, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he now thinks that Independent MP Han Dong shouldn’t be allowed back into the Liberal caucus.
Impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, ex-U.S. envoy urges Canada
A former U.S. ambassador to Canada is urging Ottawa to join the U.S. and the EU in placing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles amid concerns about Beijing's subsidies.
Nomination meeting called by NDP for new riding
To ensure the public can meet the next NDP candidate, Andreane Chenier, the Nickel Belt Election Planning Committee is hosting a nomination meeting to make it official. Northern Ontario ridings got all carved up in the latest re-draw and there will be one fewer MP from this vast region. The riding that is getting swallowed into others is the riding now known as Manitoulin--Kapuskasing. Carol Hughes, New Democrat, has held it since 2008 and she will retire when the current Parliament expires. Hughes will speak at this nomination meeting where Chenier will be confirmed as the New Democrat candidate in the new riding of Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt. Chenier ran in 2021 in the old riding of Nickel Belt and finished third, 8 points/4,000+ votes back of winner, Liberal Marc Serré. (Conservatives finished second). But if you take the results of all the polls from 2021 and map them on to the new riding's boundaries, Chenier would have finished a very close second to Serré had this new riding existing in 2021, just 2 points / 797 points back. So, with this new riding becoming much more friendly to the NDP and with current flagging Liberal fortunes, my model has Chenier picking this up for Team Singh by 2 points/1,000 votes if the vote were held this summer.
The Provinces
Saskatchewan Speaker calls meeting to get to bottom of Jeremy Harrison gun allegations
Saskatchewan's legislature Speaker says a meeting he called for next week is the only avenue to get to the bottom of gun allegations surrounding a cabinet minister.
Elsewhere
Trudeau and Modi meet face-to-face at G7 amid diplomatic row over murder of Canadian Sikh activist
Friday marked the first time Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came face-to-face with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi since accusing India of being behind the murder of Canadian citizen and Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar The accusation sparked tension between the countries and calls for Trudeau to take a tougher stance on India.
Question of how to end Ukraine war discussed at peace summit — without Russia
About 90 countries and organizations are meeting this weekend in Switzerland for a Ukraine peace summit, with the big question centred around how to end Russia’s war. President Vladimir Putin is not invited to the table, but as Mike Armstrong explains, Putin is still making major demands.
Russia Spreading Olympic Disinformation, Microsoft Finds
The two main goals of the pro-Russian groups are to tear down the reputation of the International Olympic Committee and make the Games feel unsafe by spreading rumors of violence, Microsoft said. The efforts target France, President Emmanuel Macron, the IOC, and the Games. The IOC is allowing Russian athletes to compete in Paris under a neutral flag, but they cannot actively support the war against Ukraine.
The Least Important Election of a Lifetime
Six months into 2024, it’s become clear that this will not be an enthusiastic political season—for voters or for the media. Television audiences were steeply down for the primaries, part of what Semafor has called the “collapsing US political-media-industrial complex.” President Joe Biden faced no meaningful party opposition; so far this year, he has barely campaigned. Trump has made more of a showing but never bothered to participate in a debate with his Republican challengers. Many voters, sensing an inevitable repeat of the cast, themes, and arguments of 2020, have bailed. In April, NBC reported that just 64 percent of registered voters polled said they had a high level of interest in the race, down from 77 percent in 2020. General engagement in the election has hit its lowest point in nearly two decades.
Media
Fake News Still Has a Home on Facebook
Christopher Blair, a renowned “liberal troll” who posts falsehoods to Facebook, is having a banner year despite crackdowns by Facebook and growing competition from A.I.
Advertisers Are Misinformed About The Ad Industry’s Misinformation Problem
Between 2019 and 2021, two-thirds of advertisers bought ads on sites flagged for repeatedly publishing false or misleading content.
Partisan news sites outnumber local daily newspapers
The number of partisan-backed outlets designed to look like impartial news outlets has officially surpassed the number of real, local daily newspapers in the U.S., according to a new analysis. Many of those sites are targeted to swing states — a clear sign that they're designed to influence politics.
Layoffs in public broadcasting: Addressing the triple threat of declining audiences, podcast glut and underwriting challenges
... local advertisers, especially mid-sized businesses, are following the national agencies and shifting more dollars to digital and programmatic platforms, especially the Facebook/Google duopoly. Rick Ducey of BIA Advisory Services estimates that digital platforms now capture nearly half of local ad revenues and continue to grow while legacy broadcast declines.
The Calendar
- 0310 ET: Apulia, Italy - PM Trudeau speaks to reporters.
- 0350 ET: Apulia, Italy - PM Trudeau meets with Italy PM Giorgia Meloni.
- 0745 ET: Apulia, Italy - PM Trudeau departs for Zurich, Switzerland
- 0955 ET: Zurich, Switzerland - PM Trudeau arrives at Zurich airport.
- 1100 ET: Burgenstock, Switzerland - PM Trudeau attends the Ukraine peace summit.
