Canada
Statistics Canada says median family after-tax income in 2022 down after inflation
The agency says the median family after-tax income of Canadians was $60,800 in 2022, up 2.5 per cent from 2021. But after adjusting for an annual rate of inflation of 6.8 per cent, the figure was down four per cent from the previous year. Pretty obvious political implications for this stat. LPC will be on the defensive.
Strained RCMP resources mean a 'delicate balance' on protecting MPs: internal memo
The demands of protecting parliamentarians and other public figures are placing "significant strain" on RCMP personnel and taking resources from other federal policing priorities, warns an internal briefing note.
Tories delete Canadian dream video featuring what Liberals say are Russian jets
The video in question was posted by the party on X on Saturday with the slogan "Canada. Our Home" and featured a speech delivered by leader Pierre Poilievre from the Calgary Stampede. Newsletter readers will remember this video was referenced in (yesterday's edition)[https://roundup.curated.co/issues/83].
Lynne Thiele gets NDP nomination in P.E.I.'s Cardigan riding
The former educator will look to represent the New Democratic Party in eastern P.E.I. when the next federal election is called. Very hard for the NDP to win in PEI. In fact, so hard that it's actually never happened. No New Democrat has ever won a seat in the province. There was a point in the 2011 campaign which would make Jack Layton the Opposition Leader that I thought the NDP might take Charlottetown but this ain't Charlottetown; it ain't 2011; and Singh is not Layton.
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs asks Charles Adler's Senate appointment to be revoked for 1999 comments
On Monday, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, which represents the province’s 63 First Nations, pointed to commentary Adler gave in 1999 that the assembly had complained about at the time, calling his words “vulgar and racist.”
The Provinces
N.B.’s coal-fired plant won’t shut down if needed: Poilievre
In an interview with Brunswick News, Pierre Poilievre says the economy must come first when asked whether he would allow New Brunswick’s coal-burning Belledune power plant to keep operating beyond a federal-Liberal mandated phase out by 2030.
New poll finds school pronoun law will impact vote, as elections loom in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick
(SK) Respondents ranked school pronouns as the least important of four election issues, behind the provincial government’s withholding of the carbon tax from energy bills, the government’s handling of this year’s teachers’ strike and the recent conduct of a number of SaskParty MLAs in the province’s legislature.
Opposition parties join calls for Ontario to recalibrate approach to homelessness
The Ford government is facing demands to address homelessness encampments, and their causes, head-on as they pop-up in cities across Ontario.
Elsewhere
Convention des démocrates à Chicago | « Être là, c’est un énorme privilège », dit Blanchet
Le chef bloquiste, Yves-François Blanchet, se rend mardi à la convention des démocrates qui se déroule à Chicago après y avoir été invité. « Mon désir n’est pas de dire aux Américains qu’ils devraient soutenir ou ne pas soutenir l’idée de souveraineté du Québec. […] Je veux que l’équipe de Québec soit reconnue comme un potentiel partenaire, allié, responsable et crédible », a résumé M. Blanchet.
Pro-Russia 'news' sites spew incendiary US election falsehoods
Pro-Kremlin sites masquerading as US "news" outlets have dished out unfounded claims that Democrats plotted to assassinate Donald Trump, a prime example of how phony AI-powered portals are spewing inflammatory falsehoods in a high-stakes election year.
U.S. confirms Trump campaign claim it was breached by Iranian hackers
The FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Iran was behind attempts this year to hack the presidential campaigns of both political parties.
The Real Numbers: Tracking Crowd Sizes at Presidential Rallies
This post uses the Crowd Counting Consortium’s data on U.S. protest activity since 2017 to estimate and compare the average size of the crowds at political rallies featuring Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and, since late July 2024, Kamala Harris.
Media
Al Jazeera Digital wins top Edward R Murrow Awards for Gaza war coverage
The Al Jazeera English website wins in the breaking news coverage, excellence in video and hard news categories.
Science and tech
As CO2 emissions from supply chains come into focus, this startup is aiming at farms
Root helps food and beverage companies collect primary data on their agricultural supply chains.
The Calendar
- Calgary - Deputy PM and Fin Min Chrystia Freeland holds private meeting with the Pathways Alliance organization and with a medical professional about federal drug coverage plans..
- 0930 ET: Port au Port West, NL - ACOA Min Gudie Hutchings makes a funding announcement.
- 1100 ET: 035B West Block - Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) | Meeting 134 - Purchase of the Official Residence of the Consul General in New York
- 1215 ET: Inuvik, NT - Defence Min Bill Blair speaks to reporters.
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… in 1991: Scott #1325a horizontal strip of 5: Heritage Rivers I - Wilderness Rivers. Design: Malcolm Wadell. Illustration: Jan Waddell. The rivers in this series are from left, South Nahanni, NT; Athabasca River, AB; Boundary Waters-Voyageur Waterway, ON; Jacques-Cartier River, QC; and Main River, NL