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In the news today: Carney in Dublin, Stellantis talks, B.C. flooding, MAID widow plea
Carney is holding bilateral talks as Canada remains the only non-European country at the summit, while Joly meets Stellantis over a Brampton plant sale.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Dublin, Ireland, for the European Political Community summit, where leaders discuss geopolitical issues every six months since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is holding a four-way meeting today in Toronto with Stellantis, Ontario government representatives, and Unifor, representing the automaker's more than 9,000 workers in Canada.
- The meeting follows Stellantis's sale of its Brampton assembly plant to Canadian armoured vehicle manufacturer Roshel; Unifor national president Lana Payne called the deal a "worst-case scenario."
- Heavy rainfall has triggered widespread flooding across British Columbia's south coast, forcing the Village of Pemberton and the Lil'wat Nation to issue evacuation orders while conservation notices were issued for Sayward on Vancouver Island.
- Toronto resident David Slater is urging Parliament to reconsider MAID legislation banning medically assisted death for mental illness, citing his wife Diane McDowell's death by suicide after she was deemed ineligible.
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Leaning Left20Leaning Right0Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution74% Left
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- 74% of the sources lean Left
74% Left
L 74%
C 26%
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