Roundup: Get out your faux-cowboy drag, it’s Stampede season

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It was the start of Stampede in Calgary, meaning political leaders donned their faux-cowboy drag and put in an appearance in what has become an expected performance annually. Over the weekend, we saw both prime minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre make appearances—Poilievre in the parade—but I have yet to see anything from Jagmeet Singh (or Elizabeth May for that matter).

Trudeau made a campaign appearance for the by-election happening in Calgary Heritage happening right now, as well as a Laurier Club donor’s event, but did have a few public appearances, particularly at the annual Ismaili community pancake breakfast (where Poilievre and Danielle Smith also appeared).

This having all been said, there was also some weird commentary around Poilievre’s appearance, some of it a little…Freudian? Aside from the comments about the amount of make-up he was wearing (which was seen rubbed off on his open shirt collar), but also comments about the tweets he was putting out during his time doing some door-knocking on the by-election campaign.

Ukraine Dispatch:

The 500th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine passed over the weekend, and to mark the occasion, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Snake Island (site of the “Russian warship, go fuck yourself” declaration at the start of the invasion) as part of a symbolic act of defiance, and as proof that they will reclaim their territory. Over the weekend, the Russians struck the town of Lyman with rockets, killing eight civilians and wounding 13 others. The counter-offensive seems to be making more progress in the south, while the Russians continue to try and maintain their gains around Bakhmut as Ukrainian forces continue to surround it. Here is a look at life in Zaporizhzhia, in the shadow of the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant.

https://twitter.com/StephanieCarvin/status/1677716706066612225

Good reads:

  • Prime minister Justin Trudeau has departed for Latvia to meet with leaders there in advance of the NATO summit in Lithuania.
  • Anita Anand says that changes are underway as part of commitments made after the official apology made for racism directed to the all-Black unit in WWI.
  • Talks have resumed at the BC ports strike, and there is a call for arbitration on some of the issues plaguing negotiations.
  • Here is a look at where the federal government was spending on social media advertising over the past several years.
  • The RCMP arrested the two women repatriated from Syrian detention camps and are seeking terrorism-related peace bonds for them to be subject to.
  • The Star gathered a large dataset of property assessments versus sales data and found the assessment system undervalues mansions and overvalues certain condos.
  • An Iranian rapper is facing the death penalty, allegedly for “collusion with Canada.” That collusion? Giving an interview to CBC news.
  • The premiers will be meeting in Winnipeg, and on the top of their agenda will be the health transfer deal imposed on them by the federal government.
  • Doug Ford is hoping to spend the meeting talking about big infrastructure projects and working more closely with the federal government on them.
  • Part three of Paul Wells’ The End of Media series delves into why message discipline became a thing, and how it erodes Responsible Government as a result.

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