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Musk abruptly cancels ‘The Don Lemon Show’ on X after he sits for the program’s first interview

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk abruptly canceled “The Don Lemon Show” on his social media network X after the former CNN anchor recorded an interview with the billionaire for its as-yet unaired first episode.

Musk owns X, formerly known as Twitter, and frequently proclaims himself a “free speech absolutist.” In a post on X, the San Francisco-based company said only that after careful consideration, it “decided not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show.” It added that Lemon’s show “is welcome to publish its content on X, without censorship, as we believe in providing a platform for creators to scale their work and connect with new communities.”

Who the hell wants to see Don Lemon anyway?

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Canadian law endorsed by Trudeau government could imprison people for life for advocating genocide

A Canadian law that aims to make social media platforms safer is getting flak for what some decry as government overreach.

Introduced late last month, the Online Harms Act, or Bill C-63, would allow judges to imprison adults for life if they advocate for genocide.

The law would also allow a provincial judge to impose house arrest and a fine if there were reasonable grounds to believe a defendant “will commit” an offense – a provision Wall Street Journal columnist Michael Taube likened to the 2002 film, The Minority Report.

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Michael Higgins: CBC won’t let poor performance stop $15 million in bonuses

The CBC is axing hundreds of jobs, reducing programming and can’t even put on a New Year’s Eve show. But it has still found the money to pay executives almost $15 million in “performance” pay.

With that kind of dismal performance, and splashing around that kind of bonus money, it’s no wonder that defunding the CBC is an increasingly popular topic of conversation.

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Head teacher apologises to parents for school caterers who ‘can’t bake a potato’

Pie & Mash – Looks better than the Michelle Obama “specials”

A head teacher has apologised to parents over school caterers who “can’t bake a potato”.

Jason Ashley, who leads Redbridge Community School in Southampton, said he was “exceptionally unhappy” with the dishes being served to pupils aged 11 to 16 by a private caterer.

In a letter to parents, the head teacher supplied photos of bland-looking meals, showing pie and mash, baked potato and tuna, chicken and veg, and chips and beans.

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Military ditching aptitude test for some applicants, will start accepting recruits with medical conditions

The military has dropped its aptitude test from the application process for dozens of jobs and plans to start accepting recruits with pre-existing medical conditions — trial efforts meant to boost the Canadian Armed Forces’ dismal recruitment numbers.

Brig.-Gen. Krista Brodie, the commander overseeing military recruitment, said the new trials are meant to test out possible solutions as CAF continues to lose more people than it brings in.

“We’re changing things and measuring and adjusting as we go,” Brodie told CBC News. “We don’t always get it right but it’s moving in a positive direction.”

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John Ivison: Canada’s Air Force ends pilot training as Ottawa’s spending priorities grow more unbalanced

The Royal Canadian Air Force announced earlier this month that it will retire its fleet of pilot training jets and put the program on hiatus.

Canada’s aspiring pilots will now travel to Texas, Finland and Italy to earn their wings.

So ends a proud tradition of pilot training that during World War Two saw Canada train more than 130,000 Allied aircrew, earning it the epithet “the aerodrome of democracy” from then U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt.

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Former Liberal Finance Minister’s Thank-You Letter to WEF Suggests More Collaboration Than Disclosed

Close interactions between Canadian cabinet ministers and the World Economic Forum are well-documented, but a newly revealed letter suggests forum staff may have been doing more work with the federal government than previously disclosed.

In an undated letter to a WEF official, former Finance Minister Bill Morneau praised the organization and its collaboration to achieve “common” objectives.

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