Ep 298: Uncooperative Federalism

Links Nathan Cullen, Melanie Mark and Bowinn Ma announce they aren’t running Patrick Brown endorses Jean Charest to lead Conservative Party – The Globe and Mail Green Party spokesperson criticizes potential candidate ahead of leadership race | The Star Premiers gather in Victoria to present united demand for more health-care cash | CBC News Premiers close 2-day summit, call on feds to stop negotiating health funding through the media | CBC News Council of the Federation Health communique [PDF] Council of the Federations Other items communique [PDF] Rob Shaw’s Tweet highlighting Small Modular Reactors Clarification from BC’s Energy Ministry Mandatory random COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated air travellers resuming next week | CBC News Bank of Canada hikes rate to 2.5%. Here’s what it means for you | CBC News Jagmeet Singh’s response Pierre Poilievre’s response Ottawa announces it will require telecoms to provide backup for each other during outages following Rogers system failure Guilbeault’s cross-country climate train tour derailed by lack of service