Roundup: The scope of the transition

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As Alberta heads into an election, one can be certain that Danielle Smith is going to wield the threat of the supposed “just transition” as a cudgel to attack Justin Trudeau and Rachel Notley. Nevertheless, there are issues around the future of work in the province as the oil and gas extraction industry changes—a process that began years ago, and is currently far more automated than it used to be.

As Andrew Leach points out, the scale of the issue is something that the province will need to grapple with.

Ukraine Dispatch:

The death toll from the overnight strike in Uman has risen to 23, with another two deaths from a separate strike in Dnipro. Ukrainian leadership say that they are “to a high percentage ready” to launch their spring counter-offensive, and that modern weapons will serve as an “iron first.” Meanwhile, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy hosted the presidents of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, while seven foreign ministers met with Ukraine’s foreign minister in Odessa, all of whom were expressing support for Ukraine as Ukraine pushes for more modern aircraft.

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Good reads:

  • The federal government has tabled a “comprehensive new offer” for civil servants, and the negotiations are going to continue through the weekend.
  • From his New York appearances, Trudeau said that Canada won the Volkswagen battery plan in spite of more money on the table from the Americans.
  • Trudeau also said out loud that he believes China is using slave labour when it comes to lithium production.
  • Trudeau will be attending the King’s coronation in London next week (not that this was in any doubt because he’s our gods damned sovereign).
  • Evacuation flights out of Sudan were halted after one of the factions fired on a Turkish aircraft leaving the airfield near Khartoum.
  • The fiscal monitor shows that the federal government was in surplus for the first 11 months of the last fiscal year. Will it take a sudden dive at year-end? Stay tuned!
  • Marco Mendicino and his American counterpart have come to an agreement about better tracing guns that were intercepted being smuggled into Canada.
  • François-Philippe Champagne is threatening to step in if telecom companies don’t come to a deal regarding wireless access in Toronto’s subway system.
  • Now that Bill C-11 has received royal assent, it’s up to the CRTC to do the regulatory work enabled by the legislation before web giants start paying into the system.
  • CSE and NSIRA are having a “philosophical disagreement” about international law obligations around offensive cyber operations. (Eek!)
  • There is once again a move to remove AFN national chief RoseAnne Archibald from the position, this time following the workplace harassment investigations.
  • The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a trial judge should not have dismissed allegations of serious police misconduct out of hand during a motion at trial.
  • The former head of the Trudeau Foundation appeared at Ethics Committee to discuss that Chinese donation, and claims her predecessor misleading Canadians.
  • Candidates for the upcoming Winnipeg South Centre by-election have been chosen, and the late Jim Carr’s son Ben is the Liberal nominee.
  • Jared Wesley and Ken Boessenkool make the point that Danielle Smith is not really a conservative (which shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has paid attention).
  • Susan Delacourt looks to the personal animosity that has been developing between Trudeau and Poilievre, on full display during QP every week.
  • Colby Cosh savages Danielle Smith’s arena “deal” in Calgary and its effect on the upcoming election.

Odds and ends:

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