Canada
Who's to blame for the crisis of the healthcare system?
We show that more vulnerable and left-wing respondents are more likely to believe that the system is in crisis. In turn, respondents having negative performance evaluations are more likely to blame poor provincial organization rather than insufficient federal funding.
Capital Ideas: Ottawa's Commemorative Landscape
A former CEO of the National Capital Commission reviews Tours inside the Snow Globe: Ottawa Monuments and National Belonging by Tonya K. Davidson.
Sondage: le Bloc québécois en avance dans Richmond-Arthabaska
Le parti de Yves-François Blanchet a une avance de 3 % sur le Parti conservateur du Canada. Le Bloc québécois a 32 % des intentions de vote contre 29 % pour le parti de Pierre Poilievre. Riding was won in the last election by then Conservative Alain Rayes. Rayes quit the Conservative caucus when Poilievre became leader, saying he couldn't work for him. Poilievre was campaigning in the riding at the end of the week.
The Provinces
Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi named Alberta NDP leader in landslide victory
Alberta’s New Democratic Party has found a new leader in former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi. Nenshi was elected with 62,746 votes. No candidate in a provincial leadership race has ever received as many votes as Nenshi did, the Alberta NDP said.
The newest New Democrat won leadership easily. Nenshi's next moves? Likely harder
Naheed Nenshi wooed progressives keen to win against UCP's Danielle Smith. But it's unclear how the devoutly non-partisan former mayor will adjust as a partisan team captain.
Elsewhere
A Conversation with Ambassador Hillman
Wilson Center Canada Institute Director Chris Sands and Canadian American Busines Council's Beth Burke in conversation with Canada's Ambassador in Washington, Kirsten Hillman. -DA
Trump suggests to UFC head that migrants should fight for sport
During a speech to Christian conservatives on Saturday afternoon, and again at a rally in Philadelphia that evening, Trump claimed that he told his friend Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, that he should start a spinoff competition featuring migrants, as part of his riff on restricting immigration.
A winner's guide to debate prep
But debates are too often unavoidable with many voters seeing efforts by candidates to avoid the oratory jousting as an attempt to circumvent the electoral process. Still, through proper scheduling of time, delegating of assignments and staffing you can build a debate preparation regimen that will produce a successful effort.
Media
The Party Line
A new book about Western journalists’ experience in Moscow during World War II sheds light on the problems of media manipulation and self-censorship in coverage of Russia today.
Neo-Nazis Are All-In on AI
Extremists are developing their own hateful AIs to supercharge radicalization and fundraising—and are now using the tech to make weapon blueprints and bombs. And it’s going to get worse.
Science and tech
‘Fantastic’ particle could be most energetic neutrino ever detected
Such ultra-high-energy neutrinos — tiny subatomic particles that travel at nearly the speed of light — have been known to exist for only a decade or so, and are thought to be messengers from some of the Universe’s most cataclysmic events, such as growth spurts of supermassive black holes in distant galaxies.
The Calendar
- 1230 ET: Montreal - PM Trudeau attends a Fête nationale event.
- 1320 ET: Toronto - Deputy PM and Fin Min Chrystia Freeland tours an arts centre and speaks to reporters.
- 1500 ET: Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet attends the Grand rassemblement de La Maison autochtone.
- 1510 ET: Montreal - PM Trudeau meets with the Youth Council of Papineau
- 1635 ET: Montreal - PM Trudeau attends a Fête nationale event.
- 1830 ET: Richelieu, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet attends a Fête nationale event.
A reminder that the office of Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre rarely releases his itinerary to the media ahead of time. I would very much like to include his activities in this calendar but his office releases his next-day itinerary to English-language media only sporadically.
Issued this day ...
… in 1989: Scott #1240a se-tenant block of 4: Canadian Photography. Design: Jean Morin and Tom Yakobina. According to Canada Post, the first photograph ever taken in Canada was snapped in 1839 and so, on the 150th anniversary of that event, Canada Post issued this quartet “featuring trailblazing Canadian photographers: William Notman (1826-1891); Alexander Henderson (1831-1913); Jules-Ernest Livernois (1851-1933); and W. Hanson Boorne (1859-1945). “These pioneering professionals left a legacy of photographs that provide documentary information about Canada's growth and development, as well as evidence of photography's technical and artistic evolution. Each stamp features a portrait of the photographer along with a photograph characteristic of his work.”