Christopher Nardi

Ontario anti-tariff Reagan ad will run on U.S. broadcast of World Series despite Trump anger US President Donald Trump says he has "terminated" trade talks with Canada, taking issue with an ad featuring former president Ronald Reagan

New from me: The Ontario government’s anti-U.S. tariff ad will run multiple times during the U.S. broadcast of World Series game 1 Friday, less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump “terminated” trade talks with Canada over the commercial.
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CSIS says new warrantless powers need more 'precision,' 'surprised' by border bill pushback If C-2 passes intact, law enforcement would be able to compel any service provider to say if they’ve served an individual.

NEW: CSIS officials say the spy agency never intended for new warrantless powers in the Liberals’ national security bill C-2 to target medical providers and believe part of the legislation needs more “precision”.
They are also surprised by some blowback on the bill ⬇️
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Armed Forces, DND suing watchdog to block publication of critical report DND and CAF are suing an intelligence watchdog to prevent it from releasing a critical review without additional redactions.

New from me: the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces are suing an intelligence watchdog to prevent it from releasing without further redactions a review that found that some of their human intelligence source handling activities may break the law.
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Armed Forces, DND suing watchdog to block publication of critical report DND and CAF are suing an intelligence watchdog to prevent it from releasing a critical review without additional redactions.

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Cyber threats have 'never been worse' from 'axis of cyber evil' states: senior cybersecurity official A top government cybersecurity official says the threat landscape has “never been worse."

A top Canadian government cybersecurity official says the threat landscape has “never been worse”, with attacks happening at unprecedented numbers and levels of sophistication namely from “axis of cyber evil” states.
My latest 🔽
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RCMP closes investigation into two alleged Chinese police stations without laying charges The RCMP has closed its investigation into two alleged Montreal-area secret Chinese police stations in Quebec without laying charges.

New from me: The RCMP has closed its investigation into two alleged Montreal-area secret Chinese police stations in Quebec without laying charges.
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More than 880,000 phone numbers linked to government accounts stolen in data breach More than 880,000 Canadians' phone numbers and 85,000 email addresses used to access federal government Web services were stolen by hackers.

Scoop: More than 880,000 Canadians’ phone numbers and 85,000 email addresses used to access federal government web services were stolen by hackers, who then spammed victims with fraudulent messages.
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High-rolling slot machine gambler at centre of $1M fight between B.C. lottery and FINTRAC A slots player is at the centre of a nasty fight between B.C.'s gambling authority and the federal anti-money laundering watchdog.

A single, high-rolling casino slots player is at the centre of a nasty $1 million fight between British Columbia’s gambling authority and the federal anti-money laundering watchdog, court documents allege.
My story 🔽
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Majority of Canadians say Canada is more dangerous than five years ago: CSIS poll Nearly six in ten Canadians feel their country is more dangerous than five years ago.

Nearly six in 10 Canadians feel their country is more dangerous than five years ago, before Russia invaded Ukraine, India was linked to the murder of a Sikh-Canadian and Canada reckoned with the scourge of foreign interference.
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Canada's spy agency has a leadership trust crisis. The new boss says that's unacceptable Earlier this year, new CSIS director noted that trust in senior leadership is low, the amount of red tape is seen as too high and less than half of surveyed employees would recommend working at CSIS.

When the results of the latest Public Service Employment Survey landed on Dan Rogers’ desk earlier this year, the new head of Canada’s spy agency was angry.
No matter how he looked at them, the results for CSIS were bleak and clear: there is a leadership trust crisis
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I mean, poor CRA comms now have to respond to my request for contact information for CSIS’s employee association. How sad! /s

Really loving the high quality AI summary Google so helpfully provides. No truly, thank you.

Commission finds Canadian judges' $414,900 salary 'inadequate' to attract top talent, recommends $28,000 raise.
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Wine, candy and room service: How Ottawa spent $170,000 on Canadian ISIS women | Globalnews.ca Global Affairs Canada went well over budget helping ISIS women return home from Syria with their kids.

Wine, candy and room service: How Ottawa spent $170,000 on Canadian ISIS women.
Absolutely wild, eye-popping story by @stewglobal.bsky.social
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No evidence of election law breaches in former Liberal MP Han Dong's nomination race, watchdog says Canada’s election watchdog says she found no evidence federal election laws were broken.

NEW: Although the federal foreign interference task force said China had likely manipulated the 2019 Liberal nomination race that coronated Han Dong, Canada’s election watchdog says she found no evidence federal election laws were broken. 
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Carney suggests he's considering rescinding Online News Act Mark Carney suggested he is considering substituting or rescinding the Online News Act to ensure local news spreads wider and faster.

Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested Tuesday he is considering substituting or rescinding the Online News Act to ensure local news is disseminated wider and faster two years after Meta banned access to news on its platforms.
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Carney to recuse himself from dealings with over 100 companies in sprawling government conflict screen Carney will have to recuse himself from discussions directly involving Brookfield, payment processing giant Stripe and dozens of companies owned or controlled by them

NEW: PM Mark Carney to recuse himself from dealings with over 100 companies in sprawling government conflict screen: ethics commission disclosure.
My latest here 🔽
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Fun fact: Over one week after I advised the RCMP
that their webpage on the stetson still says the hat is made in Canada, that (false since 2012) information is still online as of right now.
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The RCMP's Stetson is 'iconic' Canadiana. It's also made in America The Mounties' stetson hate has been described as "mythical", "iconic" and a "defining element" of the RCMP's Canadiana image. It's also made in the United States.

The RCMP's felt hat, nicknamed the “red Stetson,” is as iconic as an internationally recognizable piece of Canadiana as it gets. It's been part of the RCMP uniform for over 100 years.
And, unlike what's written on the RCMP'S website, it’s made in the U.S.

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Canada's Chief Justice Richard Wagner says he does not know who donated lifelike bust displayed in Supreme Court.
'I don't know who paid for that, so how can there be a conflict of interest?' Wagner said.
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(Bloomberg) -- The US and Mexico are closing in on a deal that would remove President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on steel imports up to a certain volume, according to people familiar with the matter, a revamp of a similar deal between the trade partners during his first term.

Inside Mark Carney's PMO where ministers get called out, punctuality matters and patience is on short supply Two and a half months into Carney’s prime ministerial era, there are key differences in how the former central banker runs his office.

Inside Mark Carney's PMO where ministers get called out, punctuality matters and patience is on short supply

by National Post’s @christopher.bsky.social

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Le « bas de laine des Québécois » a misé gros sur Celsius, son partenaire controversé qui se retrouve aujourd’hui en eaux troubles. Enquête.

À relire l'enquête que @brigitte.bsky.social et moi avions publiée un mois avant la chute de Celsius, force est de constater qu'on avait vu juste. 😎

Alex Mashinsky, l'ex PDG de Celsius, une "cryptobanque" dans laquelle la CDPQ avait investi 150 M$ US en 2021, vient d'écoper de 12 ans de prison pour fraude.

L'implosion de Celsius avait été un des éléments qui avait empiré le krach de la crypto en 2022.

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This skeet excited me more than I thought it would

A Liberal and a Conservative knocked on the same door and some polite trash talk ensued On the front steps of a Toronto home, two Robs appear at the same door.

Two candidates, one door: My colleague Stephanie Taylor's tale on how a Liberal and a Conservative "Rob" candidate knocked on the same door at the same time, and the polite trash talk ensued.
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Former Liberal minister worked government contacts to ply COVID contracts without registering as lobbyist Former deputy PM Copps said she had permission not to register as lobbyist with the Trudeau government. One offer was flagged as suspicious.

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If ever anyone was wondering why Mark Carney was mysteriously visiting Rideau Hall today, I may have found the reason idling in downtown Ottawa #election

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CSIS director to attend intelligence chiefs conclave in India amid signs of possible diplomatic thaw CSIS Director Daniel Rogers will attend an intelligence conclave chaired by India's spy chief.

New: Head of Canada's spy agency is in India to attend an intelligence conclave chaired by India’s spy chief.
It's the first known gathering of top security officials from both countries since a tense Oct. meeting & comes amid signs India is ready to thaw relations 🔽
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Trudeau was within his rights to prorogue Parliament, Federal Court says in historic ruling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was entirely in his right to prorogue Parliament in January, ruled the chief justice of the Federal Court in a first ever decision of its kind.

NEW: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was entirely within his rights to ask the Governor General to prorogue Parliament in January, the Federal Court ruled in a first ever decision of its kind.
My story on the historic decision published late this evening ⬇️
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