Canada
Trump’s tariffs on Canada, other countries are illegal: U.S. appeals court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., in a split decision, agreed with a specialized federal trade court that Trump exceeded his authority as president by hitting Canada, Mexico, China and dozens of other trading partners with sweeping tariffs that have upended global trade and economies. | Globalnews.ca
Canada’s GDP just fell. The bigger story is ‘beneath the hood’: experts
“This hit to growth also showed up in weak investment numbers that confirm the sentiment that businesses continue to wait for more clarity.” Still, many economists feel there are some positives in the report, which the Bank of Canada will likely consider before its next interest rate decision in September. | Globalnews.ca
Ottawa’s major projects office to be headed by former Trans Mountain CEO
Ottawa’s one-stop shop for businesses to pitch plans for large industrial construction projects will be headquartered in Calgary and managed by former Trans Mountain CEO Dawn Farrell, the Prime Minister’s Office said Friday. | Globalnews.ca
[Website] About Us - Major Projects Office
The Major Projects Office’s mandate is to advance major projects in Canada and streamline federal regulatory project approval. We bring together people and processes to move major projects forward faster, responsibly, and sustainably, while respecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples and protecting the environment. | Privy Council Office
Poilievre pushing for ‘reasonable’ self-defence definition in Criminal Code
“It is wrong for the law, for the police and for judges to apply a complicated, indecipherable legal doctrine against you when you are only doing what is right,” said Poilievre.“Our amendment, instead, will change Section 34.2 of the Criminal Code to say that the use of force, including lethal force, is presumed reasonable against an individual who unlawfully enters a house and poses a threat to the safety of anyone inside.” | Globalnews.ca
Carney gave ministers a deadline to suggest cuts, Now what?
Now that department proposals are in, [Treasury Board President Shafqat] Ali’s communications director says it will be up to the cabinet to decide which cuts each department is offering should actually be implemented. “The process of reviewing and making determinations on proposals is subject to cabinet confidence,” Mohammad Kamal wrote in an email. The full details aren’t expected until the Carney government delivers its first budget in October. | TorStar 🔐
The Provinces
Former political leaders, bureaucrats slam Churchill Falls MOU, calling it a 'giveaway'
"In our opinion, the N.L. Hydro board should resign if they do not stop this giveaway of our people's hydropower recipes," the letter reads. The signatories include former PC premier Danny Williams, former Hydro director Rollie Martin, former NDP leader Jack Harris, former federal Liberal cabinet minister Roger Simmons, former PC leader Ches Crosbie and other former senior officials and business leaders. Crosbie said the Liberal government is making a mistake like the one in 1969, when the province signed its initial deal with Quebec for power flowing from Churchill Falls. | CBC News
Remaniement ministériel | Charette remplacerait Guilbault aux Transports
Geneviève Guilbault perdrait son titre de vice-première ministre au profit de Christine Fréchette et céderait la barre du ministère des Transports à Benoit Charette, selon des informations qui circulent à haut niveau à Québec au sujet du remaniement attendu de François Legault. | La Presse
‘There is no Quebec nation’: Grand Chief delivers stern message to Quebec’s Justice Minister
“There is no Quebec nation,” Diabo told APTN News. “[Jolin-Barrette is] a Canadian at the end of the day. They’re not separate from Canada. This whole push to want to try to separate, if that’s what they want to try to do, by all means, but you’re not leaving with Mohawk land. You don’t have jurisdiction over us.” | APTN
Elsewhere
Poland’s leaders clash over Donald Trump and Ukrainian refugees
Karol Nawrocki, the rightwing president backed by the Law and Justice (PiS) opposition party, took office earlier this month and quickly moved to veto legislation including on benefits for Ukrainian refugees. He has also challenged Tusk over who should lead foreign policy and be Donald Trump’s interlocutor. After a successful “Poland first” campaign inspired by the US president’s Maga movement, Nawrocki is due to travel to Washington next week for his first official meeting with Trump. The spat over foreign representation left Poland noticeably absent from a White House meeting with several European leaders, including Volodymyr Zelenskyy. | FT
3 dead after mob sets fire to Indonesian regional parliament building
Five days of protests began in Jakarta on Monday, sparked by reports that all 580 lawmakers receive a monthly housing allowance of 50 million rupiah ($3,075) in addition to their salaries. The allowance, introduced last year, is almost 10 times the Jakarta minimum wage.Critics argue the new allowance is not only excessive but also insensitive at a time when most people are grappling with soaring living costs and taxes and rising unemployment. | NPR
Weapons to Start Flowing Into Ukraine Under European Deal With Trump
“It’s not a game changer for Ukraine’s Air Force, but it might signal that there’s a productive conversation between Europeans and the Trump administration, in terms of future supply of modern equipment to Ukraine,” said Rafael Loss, a defense and security expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations. | NYT (🎁 link)
Trump’s tariffs are hurting manufacturing workers who voted for him
Sachin Shivaram, CEO, Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry: … our order rate is down 35 percent to 40 percent since the start of the year. At other companies, too, demand is crumbling. In such a situation, companies have a fiduciary duty to bring costs down, and the one surefire way to do that is layoffs. At our company, we’ve had little choice but to lay workers off at all of our plants. Shareholders aren’t suffering — not yet — because the impact is being absorbed first by the very people Trump’s policies are meant to help. | WaPo (🎁 link)
Anwar: Trump to attend 47th Asean Summit, other top leaders expected
"As I mentioned earlier, US President Donald Trump has confirmed his attendance and will visit Malaysia in conjunction with the 47th Asean Summit. I also believe that Chinese and possibly Russian leaders will attend as well," [Malaysia PM] said during the Majlis Amanat Perdana held in conjunction with the National Day Celebration 2025 at MAEPS here. Canada’s Mark Carney has not confirmed his attendance but his widely expected to attend as well. Carney has announced his attendance at APEC in South Korea which is being held the day after the ASEAN leaders summit ends so he’ll likely be in the neighbourhood. | New Straits Times
Media
Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Quit Print Cold Turkey
The Journal-Constitution will stop publishing a print newspaper at the end of the year, Mr. Morse said, and divert all of its resources into the digital news operation. The company has published in print since 1868. | NYT (🎁 link)
Science and Technology
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Today’s tool transforms that typically painful process and turns the PDF into a sensible-seeming, dare I say even pleasant, part of your daily doings. And it couldn’t be much easier to use. | Fast Company
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