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The EU was split today over whether to offer “associate membership” status to Canada, with several countries refusing to sign off on a statement containing that phrase just 48 hours before a summit between the two sides in Montreal.
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SCOOP: The RCMP is investigating fraud, breach of trust, and money laundering in connection with Alberta's health care procurement controversy, according to a letter filed in court
https://t.co/9j0942ZL23 w @tom_cardoso
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s asking his ministers to work with First Nations to start a process that "moves Canada beyond the Indian Act" #cdnpoli#ParlCA https://t.co/SlAarw6EDk
Reuters exclusive - The United States and Canada are working on a deal to ease US tariffs on Canadian steel and autos, two US and four Canadian sources said, as the two governments try to repair relations that soured after trade talks broke down in August #cdnpoli
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Monday the member states will gather in Luxembourg next month to sign the agreement to establish the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank #cdnpoli https://t.co/1OVmoXzsLP
The White House says that they are dropping tariffs on Canadian plywood sheets, some paper products, certain machinery and refrigeration equipment, and certain packing crates and boxes
They are then adding tariffs on Canadian valves, carpets and waste products
We don't have the exact line items on what is being removed/added to determine what the value of the goods are but Maine Senator Susan Collins is taking credit for the tariffs that are being removed #cdnpoli
SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios.
The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios.
Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said.
Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior.
Read my latest for Axios here: https://t.co/Q3bda5In8q
News: Canada barred its diplomats from meeting with, attending events with or even being anywhere near US midterm candidates until the election, as part of a "risk-averse" approach to avoid any Trumpworld allegations of interference. Story via @btaplatt & me on @TheTerminal.
Danielle Smith throws Forever Canada under the bus, blaming them for the referendum: "If somebody doesn't want to put a vote forward, then they shouldn't start a petition campaign. If they're going to do that, then they have to understand that there are consequences to it."
3 days after Meta was ordered to stop manipulating algorithms to favor Flavio Bolsonaro in the presidential election, two orgs have submitted evidence to Brazil's Superior Electoral Court that the corporation is still violating national election laws. https://t.co/GzJIA8gSjL
Pamela Wallin has resigned from the Senate as of yesterday, according to notice from the Senate Clerk obtained by Global News.
Wallin was appointed by the Harper government in 2009, was suspended without pay for a period during the Senate expense scandal and quits two years short of the mandatory 75 year old retirement age #cdnpoli