The Hudak Report 04/23/25

The Narwhal: Arctic sovereignty? Inuit would like a word

Toronto Star: Pierre Poilievre says he’ll end ‘woke ideology’ — he isn’t saying what that means

The Montreal Gazette: Quebec’s measles outbreak is over, Health Ministry says

Truthout: Mahmoud Khalil’s Wife Gives Birth After ICE Denies His Request to Be Present

Middle East Monitor: Israeli broadcaster: Army fabricated Gaza tunnel discovery to stall ceasefire deal

Qasim Rashid: Trump Is Enacting Structural Eugenics

Canadian election updates:

• Carney accuses Poilievre of using 'phantom numbers' in campaign platform

• Conservatives won't commit to respecting Quebec's environmental baseline

• Poilievre’s Conservative platform projects $31.4B in deficits this year

• Singh says Carney must commit to ‘enforcing’ Canada Health Act

• Singh tells B.C. voters to vote NDP to ‘hold the line,’ as supporters express concern about losing seats

Other Canada news:

• A Major Canadian Union Is Calling For Pensions To Divest From Tesla

• Canada to limit contacts with US tech firms over tariffs

• Hudson’s Bay Company illegally slashes workers’ commissions during liquidation

• ‘I can’t go back and I can’t go forward’: Sudanese mothers struggle with delays to bring Canadian children home

• Miscommunication blamed for some Manitoba inmates being unable to vote: report

• New climate institute at University of Toronto launched with $60M gift

• Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard is working to improve human rights in federal prisons

Trump administration updates:

• $3 billion yanked from schools to help pay for Trump’s tax cuts

• Detained Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi says he’s ‘in good hands’

• Elon Musk says he may keep doing DOGE work for ‘the remainder’ of Trump’s term

• Family and Friends Say Ricardo Prada Vásquez, Taken by ICE and Not Seen Since, 'Has Simply Disappeared'

• Judge orders Trump administration to restore Voice of America

• Marco Rubio unveils a massive overhaul of the State Department, with a reduction of staff and bureaus

• Mistakenly deported man's attorneys say DOJ isn't providing answers ordered by judge

• More Than 180 College Leaders Blast Trump's 'Unprecedented Government Overreach'

• RFK Jr. Seeks Broad Access to Health Records for “Autism Research”

• Trump discusses Iran with Netanyahu, says ‘we’re on the same side of every issue’

• U of I international students sue Homeland Security after student visas are revoked

• US Justice Dept. lets DOGE access sensitive immigration case data

Other USA news:

• Federal lawsuit challenges Arkansas’ restrictions on citizen-led ballot initiatives

• Groups nationwide eye Supreme Court hearing on Montgomery County LGBTQ books in schools case

• Insurer illegally discriminated by denying trans teens coverage for top surgery, court rules

• Ohio Supreme Court hears pivotal LGBTQ+ parental rights case

• Walgreens will pay up to $350M for filling illegal opioid prescriptions, DOJ says

Palestinian genocide and Israeli & USA aggressions in the Middle East updates:

• Iran confirms nuclear talks with US rescheduled for Saturday

• Israeli attack kills al-Jamaa al-Islamiya leader in Lebanon

• Israeli attacks kill 32 in Gaza, destroy bulldozers for recovering the dead

• Israel to Use ‘Absentee Property Law’ to Authorize 1,900 New Settlement Units

• Polio vaccinations halted by blockade as latest Israeli strikes kill 9 children in Gaza

Other world news:

• 47 more civilians killed as paramilitary RSF shells Sudan’s El-Fasher, military says

• Brazilian judges accept charges against more Bolsonaro allies in alleged coup plot

• Cuba tackles energy crisis by promoting power of the sun

• Indian police say gunmen kill at least 20 tourists, wound dozens of others at a Kashmir resort

• Ivory Coast court removes former Credit Suisse CEO from the presidential ballot

• Keir Starmer no longer believes trans women are women, says Number 10

• Large explosions at Russian ammunition depot east of Moscow

• Mexican government looks to correct Tren Maya environmental damages

• Protests erupt in Tunisia over arrest of prominent lawyer Ahmed Souab

• Seven killed in Syria's Aleppo amid surging violence

• Tentative tree planting 'decades overdue' in sweltering Athens

• UN food agency cites funding gap as it halts aid to 650,000 in Ethiopia

• 4chan Is Dead. Its Toxic Legacy Is Everywhere

• ANALYSIS: Pierre Poilievre would axe one of Parliament’s primary purposes

• Bhattacharya Discovers the Beetle's Dilemma

• Bro-Natalists Are Ruining America

• How Trump’s Canada threats dampened Quebec separatist movement – for now

• Manufactured Fear Causes Real Harm

• Pierre Poilievre is a victim of his own successes

• Playing With Fire: What Trump—and the Left—Still Don’t Understand About Coal Country

• Voters must not allow Poilievre to import Trump’s war on science