Artificial intelligence and deepfake technology could have significant effects on the next federal election, experts in social media monitoring warned Wednesday. Testifying before the public inquiry into foreign interference, members of the Media Ecosystem Observatory said they also expect to see a rise in social media influencers and the use of private chat groups and messaging services like WeChat…
The Liberal government has survived the first of what is expected to be a series of confidence votes during this fall sitting. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre brought forward a non-confidence motion this week in an effort to topple the government and trigger an early election. The result of Wednesday’s vote wasn’t really in doubt, as…
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet laid out a list of demands Wednesday he said the government must fulfil by the end of October if it wants to avoid the risk of an early election. Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill, Blanchet said the Bloc wants the government to push through a bill, C-319, that would hike…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States needs to get out of the war in Ukraine and that U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris and U.S. President Joe Biden had no plan to do so. “Biden and Kamala got us into this war in Ukraine, and now they can’t get us out. They…
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tore into BCE Inc. on Tuesday after CTV News — which is owned by BCE — ran an edited clip that altered the meaning of his words. Rising in the House of Commons during debate on his non-confidence motion, Poilievre said CTV’s Sunday news item on that motion was “extremely dishonest” and…
Former diplomat Michael Kovrig says his government was caught flatfooted by China’s decision to arrest and detain him in 2018 — and could have secured his release earlier if it had a plan in place. Three years after his return to Canada, he’s now calling on the federal government to publicly release a formal policy on…
Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and the Iran-backed group attacked military facilities in northern Israel on Tuesday, increasing fears of a full-blown conflict after Lebanon suffered its deadliest day in decades. Israel’s military said it hit dozens of Hezbollah targets overnight, a day after carrying out airstrikes against the armed group that Lebanese…
Ontario’s premier says he’s confident the environmental concerns about a long-proposed highway have been studied closely and that the Toronto-area project should move forward. “Let’s build the damn highway,” Doug Ford said at a news conference Monday, when asked about Highway 413, construction of which he and his government have said will start next year. CBC News…
Politics·New Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will appear as a guest on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday. PM addressed UN on Sunday while visiting New York City CBC News · Posted: Sep 23, 2024 4:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, is expected to appear as…
Electric vehicle battery manufacturer Northvolt says construction of a $7-billion plant on Montreal’s South Shore will proceed as planned, despite announcing on Monday its intention to lay off 1,600 employees in Sweden. The Swedish multinational said it plans to cut 1,000 jobs in Skellefteå, 400 in Västerås and 200 in Stockholm — about a fifth of its…
