Canada
Conservatives swipe historical stronghold from Trudeau’s Liberals
Don Stewart, a financial professional, beat Liberal candidate Leslie Church, who got 40.5 per cent of the vote and NDP’s Amrit Parhar, who received 10.9 per cent. Christian Cullis ran for the Greens, getting 2.9 per cent. *I stayed up until 2:30 am (hence the delayed arrival of this morning's Roundup) covering this and when I went to bed, Church -- who had been leading all night had a narrow lead of 300 votes with more than 30% of polls yet to report. Counting took forever because of the three-foot long ballot with 84 candidates on it and, in our system, every ballot in any federal election is counted by hand. Final result came in at about 4:30 am. Deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland had a previously scheduled press conference in Toronto today at 12:30 pm and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a previously scheduled press conference this afternoon in Vancouver. I anticipate some tough questions for both. As of this writing, Pierre Poilievre's office has not advised Parliamentary Press Gallery members of his whereabouts -- but we believe he's still on this Quebec tour. *
Some reaction to Poilievre's QC tour ...
... from the leader of the Bloc Québécois. Click through for the full response ...
Promoting and Encouraging Intergenerational Volunteerism
Report No. 25 of the Standing Committee onHuman Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
The Provinces
Fête nationale et langue française: «Ce qui se passe à Montréal, ça m’inquiète», dit François Legault
«Quand on regarde ce qui se passe à Montréal [...] moi ça m’inquiète de savoir [qu’il y a] des centaines de milliers de nouveaux arrivants qui ne parlent pas français», a-t-il fustigé.
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Science and tech
The best note-taking apps for iPad of 2024: Expert tested
Scrap the pen and paper. These top note-taking apps for iPad digitize your notes while keeping them all in one place.
Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet wows AI power users: 'this is wild'
Many AI influencers and power users [took] to the web in the few hours since its release to share their largely positive impressions about Anthropic’s new model, and show off what the new, “most intelligent” LLM in the world is able to accomplish.
The Calendar
- 1100 ET: Winnipeg - PrairiesCAN Min Dan Vandal makes a funding announcement.
- 1130 ET: Oshawa, ON - LPC MP Ryan Turnbull makes a funding announcement.
- 1225 ET: Toronto - Deputy PM and Fin Min Chrystia Freeland makes a funding announcement.
- 1300 ET: Vancouver - PM Trudeau and Fisheries Min Diane Lebouthillier makes an oceans conservation announcement.
- 1300 ET: Coquitlam, BC - LPC MP Ron McKinnon makes a funding announcement.
- 1400 ET: Mississauga, ON - Diversity and Inclusion Min Kamal Khera makes a funding announcement.
- 1400 ET: Quebec City - CEDQR Min Soraya Martinez Ferrada makes a funding announcement.
- 1800 ET: Ottawa - Heritage Min Pascale St-Onge and her Korean counterpart sign a memorandum of understanding for cultural exchanges.
