What's hot in real world news? - Thread 9.0

[Kevin Pacey]

MacDougall: Will a failing Trudeau take the risk of a fall election? [If the prime minister doesn’t have enough fight left in him to tackle the myriad problems choking the world, he might opt to pick one last battle at home, in the form of an autumn campaign.]:

https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/ma...-fall-election

On the other hand...
Canadians disapprove of Justin Trudeau’s job as prime minister and feel he is divisive, national opinion survey says ['One can’t help but think the progressive coalition that elected Trudeau to his majority in 2015 and contributed to his back-to-back minorities is significantly strained, if not broken']:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canadi...on-survey-says

LILLEY: Why Trudeau might be eyeing an early election this fall [Striking at the Conservatives before their new leader gets settled is a strategy that has plenty of risk, no doubt, but also the possibility of great reward.]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...tion-this-fall

[Kevin Pacey]

Joe Rogan says Canada is ‘communist,’ calls Justin Trudeau a ‘sketchy guy’:

https://globalnews.ca/news/8997721/j...tchy-dictator/

[Kevin Pacey]

WATCH: Can anyone win? Experts explain Russia-Ukraine war (latest):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNn14slfQZk

Russia hits Google with fine for 'illegal content' [Russia has hit Google with a 21.1bn rouble ($373m; £301m) fine for failing to restrict access to "prohibited" material about the war in Ukraine and other content.]:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62214564

Russia targets Ukraine's missiles as Western-supplied weapons bite:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...es-2022-07-18/

usatoday/US says Kremlin planning to annex Ukrainian territory; Ukraine forces eye assault on Russian-occupied Kherson: Live updates:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...s/10094271002/

reuters.com/world/Erdogan says Turkey will freeze Finland and Sweden's NATO bids if promises not kept - 2022-07-18:

https://www.reuters.com/world/erdoga...pt-2022-07-18/

[Kevin Pacey]

Expect inflation to officially be over 8% and stay there a few months, Bank of Canada governor warns [May's inflation rate of 7.7% was the highest since 1983]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ban...ning-1.6523052

EDITORIAL: Cleaning up after Trudeau’s fiscal mess:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/edito...us-fiscal-mess

John Ivison: Trudeau’s helicopter money experiment goes even more wrong ['We just stuck a huge mixer in the economy and hit top speed. We are still trying to figure out what happened,' says Macdonald Laurier Institute fellow Philip Cross]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...ven-more-wrong

[Kevin Pacey]

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope damaged after being smashed by space rock, images show:

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/nasa-james...212449197.html

[Kevin Pacey]

torontostar/18jul2022/coronavirus/Health Canada authorizes Moderna shots for kids under 5:

https://www.thestar.com/coronavirus.html

[Kevin Pacey]

WATCH - Monkeypox: With cases jumping 59% in Canada, what are the signs you need to know?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiSRxy5sSjo

[Kevin Pacey]

theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/19/Secret Service told to begin investigation of erased January 6 texts:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...anuary-6-texts

[Kevin Pacey]

GUNTER: Canada's national institutions are coming apart at the seams:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...t-at-the-seams

[Kevin Pacey]

GUNTER: New emissions regulations another insult to the West:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...lt-to-the-west