Canada And Beyond
- Winter Storm Causes Cancelled Flights – Harsh winter conditions are causing travel disruptions across Canada. Air Canada had delayed or cancelled more than 100 flights by Wednesday afternoon and WestJet had rescheduled or cancelled nearly a third of its trips. Airlines in the United States had cancelled 2,200 flights as of early Wednesday afternoon. (CBC News)
- Calls To Close Quebec Border Crossing – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to close the Roxham Road border crossing into Quebec as the number of asylum seekers coming across the border has risen in recent months. However, Trudeau said closing the border crossing in Quebec is a “simplistic solution” and the best solution would be to renegotiate the Canada-U.S. migrant pact. (CTV News)
- Google Temporarily Limits News For Some Canadians – Google is temporarily blocking some Canadian users from viewing news content created by Canadian media companies as it assesses possible responses to Bill C-18. The Online News Act would require companies such as Google and Facebook to compensate Canadian media companies for republishing their content on their platforms. (CP24)
- China Meeting with Putin – China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday. Before the meeting, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said that China was “deeply worried” about the potential for escalation in the Ukraine war and called on the U.S. and other countries to “immediately stop fueling the fire”. (Global News)
