Roundup: The passing of Jim Carr

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Just before Question Period was about to start yesterday, the news broke that Liberal MP Jim Carr, who had been dealing with cancer for the past three years, had died. Proceedings were cancelled for the day, and tributes have been pouring in.

Ukraine Dispatch, Day 293:

It appears that Russia has burned through so much ammunition that they are now using decade-old stockpiles with high failure rates. Ukrainian forces say they have repelled Russian advances against four settlements in eastern Donetsk, and on eight settlements in Luhansk. Meanwhile, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy met virtually with G7 leaders about the need for modern tanks, artillery, shells, and natural gas to help their situation.

Good reads:

  • Progress is slow at the COP15 biodiversity conference because the debate is dragged down over who will pay for the ambitious pledges.
  • Pascale St-Onge announced $2.4 million in mental health supports for Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
  • Thousands of immigration files were assigned to inactive caseworkers codes, some of whom haven’t been active in over a decade; the minister says this is just triage.
  • Violent crime rates are down from last year, but don’t expect that to be in the “soft on crime!” talking points.
  • It turns out that the offense RCAF call-sign that has been the subject of military charges was both misogynistic and homophobic. (What toxic culture?)
  • More theatrical wailing and gnashing of teeth over the costs of the Governor General’s trip to the Middle East, because we love our cheap outrage.
  • Another amendment to the broadcasting bill made at the Senate committee is a ban on the CBC’s use of sponsored content. (We’ll see if it survives third reading).
  • The Commons’ Indigenous and northern affairs committee heard calls for more sustainable funding in order to revitalise Indigenous languages.
  • The Commons’ industry committee is summoning Ministers Mendicino and Champagne to answer questions on the Sinclair Technologies RCMP contract.
  • Charles Sousa has won the Mississauga—Lakeshore by-election.
  • Jagmeet Singh is making the empty threat of pulling out of the Supply and Confidence Agreement if he doesn’t see federal action on healthcare.
  • Montreal will host at new UN office that will oversee a programme to develop sustainable and green cities.
  • Kevin Carmichael looks at how the Bank of Canada is being attacked by labour for misreading his comments while they ignore his pressure on corporations.
  • Susan Delacourt finds it curious that Doug Ford is so eager to talk to the prime minister over healthcare when he ignored Ottawa during the occupation.
  • My Xtra column calls out the federal government for refusing to take a stand on Qatar’s human rights abuses as part of the World Cup.

Odds and ends:

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