Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday announced a radar purchase from Australia and an expansion of military operations in the Arctic while visiting Canada’s far north in an effort to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region.

The prime minister’s office said the Canadian $6 billion ($4.2 billion) Over-the-Horizon Radar system will provide early warning radar coverage from the Canada-United States border into the Arctic.

Carney announced the purchase at a military base in the capital of the Inuit-governed territory of Nunavut on his last stop after visiting Paris and London for meetings with leaders there.

The Australian radar system will consist of a series of pillars almost a mile (1.6 kilometers) in length. Officials said that the system would have a smaller footprint than what the similar American system would take up.

Keeping cultural works locked away for decades restricts access and stifles creativity. Reform is needed to restore public domain access.

No recent precedent for a major party barring reporters from accompanying campaign

The Conservative national campaign director told media outlets Tuesday their journalists won't be allowed to travel with leader Pierre Poilievre on his campaign plane and bus during the upcoming election, ending a decades-old tradition of reporters embedding with a prospective candidate to lead the country.

There is no recent precedent for a major federal party barring reporters, producers, camera operators and broadcast technicians from travelling with a leader during a national election campaign.

In the most recent federal campaigns in 2019 and 2021, for example, major broadcasters, including CBC/Radio-Canada, CTV and Global, a number of print outlets and the wire service, The Canadian Press, had journalists with past Conservative leaders Andrew Scheer and Erin O'Toole throughout the campaign.

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Currently the PM doesn't have a seat in the house. If he visited the house, he'd have to go to the visitor's gallery.

It's an interesting situation. The PM is the leader of the federal liberal party, but he's not a member of parliament. But, does he need to be? Is the PM sitting in the house of commons just a tradition that nobody has challenged yet? Could the PM delegate things inside the house of commons to their deputy-PM and then do things like give speeches, attend diplomatic functions, etc.?

The US has a very different system where the president isn't part of the legislative branch at all. But, typically presidents don't twiddle their thumbs waiting for something to do. Being the head of state keeps most presidents busy. It makes me wonder if technically Carney could choose not to run for office, and just spend his time doing head-of-state things rather than legislative things.

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Summary

Canadians are boycotting U.S. travel in response to Trump’s tariffs and policies. A recent survey found 59% are less likely to visit the U.S. this year, with 36% canceling trips.

Airlines report declining demand, and tourism-dependent regions like Florida and New York’s Thousand Islands are adjusting marketing strategies.

Some Canadians refuse to even transit through the U.S. Businesses in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda are benefiting from the shift.

Critics argue Trump’s policies are harming American tourism and local economies.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40941971

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Des activistes de Last Generation Canada ont été arrêtés mercredi matin pour avoir vandalisé un concessionnaire Tesla à Montréal, s’opposant aux milliardaires, comme Elon Musk, qui «détruisent l’avenir».

Les deux partisans ont lancé de la peinture rose sur la devanture du concessionnaire Tesla, situé sur la rue Ferrier à Montréal.

Le groupe a d’ailleurs exigé au Canada de s’opposer au patron de Tesla, Elon Musk, notant qu’il «détruit les démocraties et propage le déni climatique», peut-on lire dans un communiqué de Last Generation Canada.

«Nous avons pris action aujourd'hui, car nous ne pouvons plus supporter de voir le profit prendre priorité sur la vie. Les milliardaires et les ultra-riches sont en train de détruire notre avenir pour leur propre gain», a commenté un des activistes, Marcel Paré.

Quant à la seconde militante qui a participé au coup d’éclat, Valérie Lachapelle, elle estime que les ultra-riches seraient en grande partie responsables de la crise climatique.

«On ne se laissera pas mourir pour les grandes compagnies. On ne laissera pas les ultra-riches décider de notre sort, a dit la femme de 21 ans. On doit sortir dehors et déranger le petit train-train du quotidien pour qu'on se fasse vraiment entendre.»

Quelques minutes après avoir effectué leur coup d’éclat, les autorités ont procédé à l’arrestation des deux activistes.