Cringe-inducing moment Canadian politician gets AI to write his speech to Parliament… but forgets to edit out the machine’s preamble

Cringe-inducing moment Canadian politician gets AI to write his speech to Parliament… but forgets to edit out the machine’s preamble

A Canadian politician has been caught reading an AI-generated speech in his province’s parliament.

Addressing the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Progressive Conservative member Bill Oliver made the major gaffe in front of his peers.

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Freeland calls Trump ‘bully in chief’ in scathing rebuke: ‘Canada must fight back’

Freeland calls Trump ‘bully in chief’ in scathing rebuke: ‘Canada must fight back’

Referencing everything from South Park to Leonard Cohen poems, Chrystia Freeland has taken shots at Donald Trump in the pages of the New York Times this week. She even doles out the “b” word — bully — twice.

A former MP and deputy prime minister under Justin Trudeau, Freeland resigned her seat in Parliament in January, and this month took up a position as warden of Rhodes House and chief executive officer of the Rhodes Trust, a British educational charity that supports global graduate students at the University of Oxford. But she has not fully left the political realm, writing regularly on “the intersection of economics and geopolitics” in Bloomberg News and appearing as a panelist on Wall Street Week.

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Shopify CEO endorses idea to give more votes to wealthy Canadians

Shopify CEO endorses idea to give more votes to wealthy Canadians

The billionaire CEO of one of Canada’s largest companies has come under fire for endorsing the idea of stripping voting rights from some people and giving more votes to the ultra-wealthy.

On Saturday, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke replied to a post on X from former TD Bank executive Eric Thor, who suggested an electoral system of “weighted voting proportional to the amount of income tax you pay,” from zero votes for people who don’t pay income tax to five votes for anyone paying $500,000 or more.

Lütke replied, “Good system.”

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Canada can learn lessons from asymmetric warfare

Canada can learn lessons from asymmetric warfare

The similarity is often noted between the Ukraine and Iran wars: Mad billionaire autocrat with dreams of empire attempts to subjugate another country by force of arms; though seemingly in possession of overwhelming military advantage, is repelled by defenders armed with desperation, cunning and modern technology; now finds himself caught in a trap of his own making, unable either to advance or retreat.


Coyne is hitting the pipe again.

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Durham police deputy chief retires after probe into alleged use of N-word at meeting

Durham police deputy chief retires after probe into alleged use of N-word at meeting

A Deputy Chief with the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) has retired after an investigation into his alleged use of the N-word at a meeting of the Afro-Caribbean Canadian Internal Support Network last February.

The probe by the Law Enforcement Complaints Agency (LECA) concluded that Deputy Chief Chris Kirkpatrick’s actions “constituted misconduct under the Community Safety and Policing Act,” a Durham police release stated.

h/t Mauser

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WTF?

WTF?

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WTF?

WTF?

h/t handy n handsome

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Parole board considered ‘casual and systemic racism’ while freeing armed robber

Parole board considered ‘casual and systemic racism’ while freeing armed robber

An armed robber who was involved in prison drone drops of drugs while behind bars and allegedly assaulted and choked his ex-girlfriend the day he got full parole is free again even though the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) recommended against releasing him.

Daniel Christian Anthony Johnson, who was sentenced in February 2024 to more than five years in prison for two March 1, 2022 jewelry store robberies in the Halifax area, was released on full parole this past April. But that was suspended after he allegedly attacked his ex.


Parole board members should be made to house their pets.

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Berlin Terror Suspect Was Under Surveillance Until an Hour Before Attack

Berlin Terror Suspect Was Under Surveillance Until an Hour Before Attack

New details emerging from the investigation into Saturday’s terrorist attack in Berlin suggest the German authorities failed to prevent the massacre despite numerous warning signs and weeks of monitoring the attacker.

It has now emerged that the Islamist extremist who carried out Saturday’s deadly attack on Berlin’s Christopher Street Day (CSD) celebrations was being monitored by police until just an hour before the assault, but that surveillance footage was not watched in real time.

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