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We’re starting this evening’s newsletter with the potential that U.S. alcohol is heading back onto Canadian shelves, although Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said he wishes Canada pushed harder against the Americans.
Carney briefed the premiers on Wednesday about the agreement with the U.S. to stop punishing new tariffs and address longstanding ones on major industries including steel, forestry and autos.
Kinew said he’s still waiting for some details, including the exact nature of what tariffs will be on steel and aluminum, but he said doesn’t think Canada should concede much because Canada has “the upper hand.”
“I think we should fight,” he said. “I think Donald Trump is very weak. I think America is weaker around the world today than it was a year ago. He’s about to get slaughtered in the midterms. And the cost of living is the number one issue. And he is completely out of touch with the cost of living of Americans.”
Still, Kinew said he’s on Team Canada. The premier said Carney “effectively” told them there would be no deal without a pledge to put U.S. alcohol back on the shelves.
The Canadian Press has more.
Speaking of Team Canada, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has invited the former crown prince of Iran, who is pitching himself as the best option to lead Iran back to democracy, to visit Canada.
Poilievre told a crowd at an event in British Columbia on Saturday that in addition to extending the invitation, he would also be meeting virtually with Reza Pahlavi, whose father ruled over the country as Shah until the 1979 Islamic Revolution pushed the family into exile.
Poilievre did not say he was endorsing Pahlavi. Instead, speaking at a “Persian Town Hall” organized by the Conservative candidate in an upcoming byelection in North Vancouver-Capilano, Poilievre said it is a chance to discuss democracy and safety for the Iranian diaspora.
“It is not the role of the Canadians or any foreign government to tell Iranians who should run their country, but there should be a free and democratic Iran that is in the hands of the Iranian people,” Poilievre said in a recording of the Aug. 15 event, shared by his office.
The announcement prompted a loud applause from the crowd.
CP’s got this one too.
In a new poll published by Liaison Strategies, 70 per cent of residents believe homelessness in Ottawa has gotten worse over the past year, while 63 per cent of people disapproved of how the city has been addressing the issue.
The polling, commissioned by Ottawa Compass and iPolitics, surveyed a random sample of 1,000 Ottawa residents from Aug. 14th to 19th, using interactive voice recording technology. For the total sample, the margin of error is plus and minus 2.77 percentage points.
Respondents were asked what the biggest obstacle to reducing homelessness, 26 per cent pointed to a lack of affordable and supporting housing, while 25 per cent cited insufficient addiction and mental health treatment.
Residents were also asked what they believe the government should prioritize the most when responding to homelessness and severe addiction. Among the top responses were housing at 25 per cent, voluntary treatment at 20 per cent and mandatory treatment at 18 per cent.
Sydney Ko reports.
In Other Headlines
Internationally
Elsewhere, one of the last remaining checks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private-prison contractors running immigration detention centers has all but collapsed, leaving thousands of people trapped in a system with nearly nonexistent oversight, according to an NPR review.
The grievance system in immigration detention is designed to offer a safe channel to report violations of detention standards and seek redress, without fear of retaliation. It’s often the only recourse for people to submit complaints about detention issues, including mistreatment, unsanitary conditions, medical neglect and sexual assault. But an NPR review of documents, available data and interviews with experts has found the system — which in the best of times was a complex patchwork — barely operates and even at times backfires for those using it. It is one of the few remaining safeguards for immigrants in federal custody after the Trump administration effectively dismantled other oversight offices.
Detainees and their families tell NPR that in the very worst cases the absence of transparency and accountability, and the subsequent failure to adhere to mandated grievance guidelines, is one of the leading factors for the record number of deaths in detention — at least 53 since the start of President Trump’s second term.
Read more from NPR.
Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has posted a gloating video of the construction of a gallows complex where Palestinians convicted of terror offences – but not Jewish extremists accused of similar crimes – will be hanged.
Ben-Givr, who has previously attracted international sanctions and condemnation for his activities, said the new execution site would be equipped with viewing booths for families of victims to watch the hangings.
He posted the video on social media of a visit he had made to the unidentified location, where he can be seen pointing at foundations being laid and boasting it was where “terrorists will be executed”.
Photographs in the Israeli media showed a bulldozer and heavy construction work in a cordoned-off area, reportedly close to a prison.
The Guardian has more.
In Other International Headlines
The Kicker
Finally, some sports news, if you will. Some of the world’s most athletic corgis descended on Lithuania over the weekend to compete for glory.
The fifth Corgi Race Vilnius drew 150 dogs from nine countries.
The first place went to an American corgi GG, short for Gustave the Girl Dog, winning a 25-metre sprint.
Have a good evening!
