Canada
Trudeau says he is 'committed' to staying as PM after byelection loss
Justin Trudeau says Monday he is 'committed' to staying on as prime minister after the Liberals' shocking Toronto-St. Paul's byelection loss exactly one week ago. On Monday, Trudeau took his first question from a reporter since the byelection loss.
5 more alleged senior members of Iranian regime face deportation from Canada
The government will not identify them and is holding their hearings behind closed doors.
Even NDP voters aren't crazy about Singh propping up Trudeau: poll
32% of respondents say their opinion of Singh and the NDP is worse since 2022 when the deal was signed, while just 20% say they think better of the party and its leader now
RCMP's iconic Musical Ride threatened by low morale, staffing issues: audit
The RCMP’s iconic Musical Ride program is foundering as an internal audit found pervasive low morale and worsening staffing issues are putting the iconic unit’s sustainability at risk.
The Provinces
Greenbelt scandal prompted rounds of ethics training: integrity commissioner
Ontario's integrity commissioner said in his annual report that he was asked to deliver several rounds of ethics training after the Greenbelt scandal raised questions.
What a failing Liberal brand means for Susan Holt
“This is a thing to watch,” said J.P. Lewis, a political scientist at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John. “If Trudeau hangs around, he can still be a punching bag for Blaine Higgs and the Tories. But people also conflate federal and provincial levels of government, and when this provincial election could have some very close races, any dampening of enthusiasm around Holt could be costly.”
‘Bleak picture’: Quebec moving day sees scores of renters still hunting for new home
Montreal's municipal housing office, known as the OMHM, confirmed it has received 811 calls for assistance since the beginning of 2024.
Elsewhere
Supreme Court rules on Trump presidential immunity
Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said, the president “enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official. The President is not above the law.” Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissent for the minority said the majority’s grant of immunity “reshapes the institution of the presidency” and “makes a mockery of the principle” that “no man is above the law.” What a mess.
Keir Starmer should be Britain’s next prime minister
The Economist Editorial Board: No party fully subscribes to the ideas that The Economist holds dear. The economic consensus in Britain has shifted away from liberal values—free trade, individual choice and limits to state intervention. But elections are about the best available choice and that is clear. If we had a vote on July 4th, we, too, would pick Labour, because it has the greatest chance of tackling the biggest problem that Britain faces: a chronic and debilitating lack of economic growth.
It’s Horse-Trading Time in France as Parties Seek to Keep Le Pen Out
Groups not allied with the far-right National Rally are working on deals that aim to limit the number of seats Le Pen gets in parliament.
Ukraine accuses Russia of looting museums as part of heritage war
Ukraine has accused Russia of deliberately destroying cultural property. Investigators say Russian forces target churches, libraries, museums, and monuments as part of a war on Ukraine's identity.
Meet the incels and anti-feminists of Asia
They threaten to make the region’s demographic decline even worse.
The Influences of Misinformation on Incidences of Politically Motivated Violence in Europe
Findings imply a positive association between transnational misinformation and several forms of political violence in Europe. Furthermore, this association is more reliable for civilian-to-government violence events than for violence between civilian actors
Media
‘Arrogant’ - Aussie PM slams social media giants
Albanese said social media companies were wilfully ignoring the harms caused on their platforms to children’s mental health, as well as the risk of grooming and abuse.
Science and tech
Combined COVID-flu vaccines are coming: Moderna jab clears major test
Combination vaccines can have big public-health benefits, but they are often time-consuming and expensive to develop. Moderna’s latest rapid success shows that RNA can help to overcome some of these difficulties, says James Thaventhiran, a clinical immunologist at the University of Cambridge, UK, “This is a great example of why the technology is exciting,” he says, adding that the combination vaccines using mRNA are “just the beginning” for RNA technology.
This new Mac app uses animated flies to tell you when to take out the trash
When the data kept in your Trash folder passes a certain threshold, Bananabin surrounds with buzzing, animated flies that you can shoo away with your mouse. That’s it. That’s the app.
The Calendar
- 0900 ET: Moncton, NB - Veterans Affairs Min Ginette Petitpas Taylor and Public Safety Min Dominic LeBlanc make a funding announcement.
- 0945 ET: Etobicoke, ON - LPC MP James Maloney makes a funding announcement.
- 1000 ET: Antigonish, NS - Energy and Natural Resources Min Jonathan Wilkinson and Infrastructure Min Sean Fraser make a funding announcement.
- 1030 ET: Saint-Félix-d ’Otis, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet visits the Site de la Nouvelle France
- 1100 ET: Winnipeg - PrairiesCAN Min Dan Vandal makes an infrastructure funding announcement.
