Roundup: The King will soon appear on your pocket change

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It was King Charles III’s 75th birthday yesterday (in his natural capacity—his official birthday as King of Canada is on Victoria Day and as King of the UK in June).

https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1724367291767267802

So, what did Canada get him? Well, the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled the design of his effigy that will appear on circulation coins (and there’s no telling how long they’ve been sitting on this and waiting for his birthday to announce it, because there’s nothing more that this government loves than to time announcements to specific days), and he got a new lieutenant governor in Ontario.

https://twitter.com/adamgoldenberg/status/1724547305011867823

With the new LG in mind, here’s an exit interview with Elizabeth Dowdeswell, who has been the longest-serving LG in Ontario history, and is the last Harper vice-regal appointee who was still in office (who was chosen though the old vice-regal appointments committee process, which Justin Trudeau trashed for no reason, then replicated for senators).

Ukraine Dispatch:

Ukrainian forces say that Russians are pushing in several directions in the country’s east, and launching even more drones than they were before. European Union leaders are admitting that they’re having trouble meeting their promised ammunition donations to Ukraine because the defence industry is not producing them fast enough, which some are blaming on the EU’s focus on peace and soft power for decades.

Good reads:

  • Justin Trudeau was in Maple Ridge, BC, alongside premier David Eby, to announce another battery plant, this time for high-performance lithium-ion cells.
  • Trudeau made one of his strongest statements yet in calling on Israel to exercise “maximum restraint” in their conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
  • Here is a preview of the APEC Summit, which Trudeau will be attending in San Francisco later this week.
  • Steven Guilbeault is calling out Poilievre for misleading Canadians about the carbon price on most farm fuels, as Poilievre agitates for the Senate to pass Bill C-234.
  • Pascale St-Onge has delivered the “final” policy directive to the CRTV around the Online Streaming Act, and they will go to stakeholder consultations next.
  • The CBC has a look at allegations about improper actions from CBSA agents, and over 500 in the last year were deemed to be “founded.”
  • The former chief information officer denies that he lied to a parliamentary committee and insists he doesn’t know who picked the ArriveCan contractors.
  • StatsCan has a look at food insecurity and how it is worse for racialised households.
  • Pierre Poilievre has been targeting Liberal and NDP seats in Northern Ontario, hoping to displace the incumbents there.
  • The Bloc want the government to get rid of the 18-month waiting period in the bill to ban replacement workers.
  • The Ford government has been paying private clinics more for surgical procedures than they pay public hospitals, for those same procedures, with no explanation.
  • Patricia Treble has some thoughts and trivia about the new coins with the King.
  • My column looks at how Poilievre is trying to pressure the government to pressure the Senate to pass a private member’s bill, with no actual powers to do so.

Odds and ends:

The Beaverton has done better media criticism than the actual “media criticism” platforms in this country, which is a sad indictment on the current situation.

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