Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. June 4th, 2025
June 4, 2025
In 2024, 80 percent of Canadians said they were proud to be Canadian, according to opinion polls. This Spring, as U.S. President Trump began his barrage of Canadian-targeted tariffs, patriotism surged. In fact, it was up six percentage points in early-March, just before the Liberals dropped the writ and called a snap election. And now, one month after Mark Carney won the country’s top job, the polls suggest that the Patriotism Meter has returned to normal levels. On a scale of 1 to 10, how high is your ‘Oh Canada’ decibel? Guest host Chris Holski tackles today’s Question of the Day. In local education news, Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth issued a public resignation during Tuesday’s OCDSB meeting, opting to put her days as a School Board Trustee behind her. And while she is proud to represent her residents, she says the alleged levels of toxicity and dysfunction at Ottawa’s largest school board became too much. She joins the show in Hour 3.
Unpublished Newswire
Good morning. Benjamin Netanyahu is in D.C. and Donald Trump is keen for a Gaza peace deal – more on that below, along with the latest on the Texas floods and a new pipeline partnership. But first:Today’s headlinesCabinet ministers are asked to find ‘ambitious’ spending cuts as Carney’s government prepares its first budgetTrump threatens higher tariffs on more than a dozen countries, but extends the negotiating deadlineMore frequent flash floods are ‘the new reality,’ but Canada may not be ready
July 8, 2025 - 06:48 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
In the summer of 2003, a single software bug in an Ohio power plant cascaded into one of the largest blackouts in North American history, plunging most of Ontario and the northeastern United States into darkness. For many who experienced it, the blackout is fondly remembered as a time when ordinary people came together: neighbours directing traffic, impromptu block parties, stars suddenly visible in the night sky.
But beyond the communal charm lay a more serious lesson: Ontario’s grid is deeply connected to those of its American neighbours. That grid, long a point of pride for Ontarians...
July 8, 2025 - 06:30 | Kunal Chaudhary | Walrus
Ryan Ness of the Canadian Climate Institute says he’s been following the “terrible tragedy” of deadly flash flooding unfolding in Texas, where more than 100 people have died.But he’s also worried Canada isn’t doing enough to prevent such disasters here, saying the country needs to invest in flood mapping, infrastructure and early warning systems.
July 8, 2025 - 06:14 | Nono Shen | The Globe and Mail
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