Roundup: Target 2032

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The government’s slow rollout of NATO announcements continued apace yesterday with the formal announcement that their roadmap to meeting the defence spending target of two percent of GDP was expected by 2032, at which point that would include not only the submarines, but some other air defences as well. But because the details on that roadmap remain scarce, it allowed the usual narratives to carry on, while the Conservatives took to their socials to insist that the government had no intention of really following through on this promise, with no evidence at all (unless it was an admission that they have no intention of sticking to any of these plans, because they have already admitted that they have no intention of meeting the two percent target, merely “working toward it.”)

There was also an announcement that Canada and the US would work with Finland on icebreaker capability, with the details to be worked out in the next six months.

Ukraine Dispatch

Russia launched two missiles and six drones at Ukraine, mostly at the Sumy and Mykolaiv regions. US intelligence reports that Russian agents tried to assassinate the CEO of a German arms manufacturer sending weapons to Ukraine. And Ukraine’s former army chief, who clashed with president Zelenskyy, has begun his new role as ambassador to the UK.

Good reads:

  • Following “leaks” to the Globe and Mail about Chrystia Freeland’s “effectiveness,” Justin Trudeau insists that he has full confidence in her and her abilities.
  • Trudeau also stated that he’s been trying to recruit Mark Carney into federal politics for years, which again, is a Very Bad Idea for the sake of the Bank of Canada.
  • The federal government has finalised a ten-year, $47.8 billion deal with the AFN to reform child and family welfare in First Nations.
  • Canada and the US have come to an agreement-in-principle on updating the Columbia River Treaty to deal with issues like flood mitigation.
  • Legal experts say that the CRA going after Saskatchewan’s accounts for the carbon levy is “unusual,’ but so is a province breaking federal law! (Seriously!)
  • Pierre Poilievre made his first in-person speech to the AFN, and some First Nations leaders stood and turned their backsto him during it.
  • New Brunswick’s Lieutenant Governor, Brenda Murphy, won’t be marching in the Fredericton Pride Parade because they are partnering with a pro-Palestinian group.
  • The Alberta government and several fossil fuel companies plan to make submissions in upcoming consultations around their concerns over new “greenwashing” rules.
  • Stephen Saideman reviews the NATO summit, with posts for day one and day two.
  • Emmett Macfarlane lays out why there was no legal case to ask Supreme Court Justice Jamal to recuse himself from the “secularism” law hearing.

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  1. I’m no expert on the CRA, but I do think there’s a chance they communicated quite a lot before reaching this point.

    By the way, I got a notice about gst and the carbon tax that actually said how much was remitted by each. It’s about time, it’s incredible that didn’t happen from the beginning.

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