A fall election in Canada?

August 29, 2024

Canada's New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to journalists before Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 26, 2024.

REUTERS/Blair Gable

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievrechallenged NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Thursday to withdraw his party’s support for the government of Justin Trudeau to allow for an election in October.

Singh’s left-leaning New Democrats have propped up Trudeau’s government in Parliament since 2022, when they reached a “supply and confidence agreement,” exchanging NDP votes in the House for Liberal action on NDP priorities.

Poilievre has been leading Trudeau in the polls by double digits for almost two years and is expected to beat him in an election tentatively scheduled for 13 months from now.

In a letter to Singh, Poilievre sought to blame him for the rising cost of living: “Canadians can’t afford or even endure another year of this costly coalition. No one voted for you to keep Trudeau in power.”

Singh seems unlikely to take Poilievre up on the offer, which seems calculated to further link Singh and Trudeau in the minds of voters struggling to make ends meet.

What to expect at UNGA

Philemon Yang, president of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, speaks at the opening of the UN General Assembly's 79th session at the UN headquarters on Sept. 10, 2024.

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GZERO will be on the ground at this year's UN General Assembly, providing coverage on high-level meetings and big speeches from leaders set to begin on Sept. 24. We’ll also be giving you an inside look at the Summit of the Future, which UN Secretary-General António Guterres says is a once-in-a-generation chance to create more effective and inclusive institutions.

Paging Hezbollah: Apparent Israeli attack wounds hundreds

People gather outside a hospital as more than 1,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, according to a security source, in Beirut, Lebanon September 17, 2024.

REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

People of a certain age will recall the metaphoric expression “blowing up my pager,” but this was something altogether more literal: On Tuesday at around 3:30 p.m. local time, pagers belonging to more than 2,800 people in Lebanon and Syria actually blew up, killing at least nine and maiming hundreds.

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A Ukrainian serviceman commemorates his brothers-in-arms at a makeshift memorial for fallen Ukrainian soldiers on the Day of Remembrance of Ukraine's Defenders, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 29, 2024

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Can Kashmiri voters keep Modi’s party out of control in local assembly?

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand alert while Jammu and Kashmir National Conference candidate Mubarak Gul arrives to file his nomination papers for assembly elections in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 2, 2024.

(Photo by Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto)

The Indian-occupied region of Kashmir kicks off its first phase of elections on Wednesday for its own truncated government and local legislative assembly, as New Delhi reintroduces some local authority after taking direct control in 2019.

Microsoft’s support boosts Rural News Network’s election coverage for rural communities

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Microsoft is teaming up with the Institute for Nonprofit News’ Rural News Network to equip local, regional, and statewide newsrooms with additional resources to help them cover the 2024 elections. Supported by Microsoft’s Democracy Forward Program, RNN’s Text RURAL is an SMS-based service that uses AI to send tailored, fact-based news straight to those living in areas where broadband may not yet be readily available. This initiative includes geo-targeted ads, multilingual translations, and multimedia guides to ensure rural voters are well-informed. The network, comprised of over 80 newsrooms, aims to strengthen democracy by providing crucial election information to often overlooked rural areas. Learn more about the technology.

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