The Hudak Report 06/04/25

Canada’s National Observer: Ford government moves to override cities on green building standards

Middle East Eye: US firm withdraws from Gaza humanitarian aid effort amid backlash

Rhode Island Current: Brown University police arrests are not public. ACLU lawsuit is looking to change that.

The Conversation: Supreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews

The Globe and Mail: Thousands more flee as Saskatchewan battles wildfires in the north

The Guardian: Lee Jae-myung wins election as South Korean president

Canadian political news:

• Conservative fundraiser casts doubt on whether all votes were 'accurate and counted' in leaked call

• Eby fires back at Ford over suggestion B.C. would accept 2nd oil pipeline

• Government adviser slams Mark Carney for promoting ‘decarbonized’ oil pipelines

• Liberal government legislation to further tighten Canada-U.S. border expected today

• Liberals say they aren’t bound by vote calling for budget or fiscal update before summer

• Minister lacked details about CSIS operation linked to asset who reportedly smuggled teens

• Newfoundland voters concerned after apparent voter mistakes void hundreds of ballots

Other Canada news:

• 'Absolutely unacceptable': Saskatchewan's children's advocate responds to homelessness report

• Ontario falls behind on biodiversity and rights of nature

Trump administration news:

• Elon Musk calls Trump-backed megabill ‘a disgusting abomination’

• Homeland Security’s Pre-Crime Push

• Newark mayor sues feds over arrest outside ICE facility

• Rubio in talks for return of wrongly deported 'Cristian,' in flip for Trump administration

• Trump Admin Axes Legal Aid for Disabled Migrants

• Trump to Sign Order Hiking Steel, Aluminum Tariffs to 50%

• What Does the Trump Administration’s Dismissal of EMTALA Litigation Mean for Emergency Abortion Care?

Other US news:

• Court fight pits religious group that doesn’t want LGBTQ+ employees against WA law

• Family of Boulder attack suspect taken into custody by ICE

• Federal judge extends block on Idaho gender-affirming care ban in prisons

• How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists

• Hundreds protest ICE, other federal law enforcement action in Minneapolis

• Indiana: ‘It was never about paying the tab’: Witness recounts Pike’s Pub beating

• Iowa health care center ends gender-affirming care for adult transgender patients

• Loudoun schools accused of misusing Title IX in transgender locker room case

• More White South Africans Arrive in U.S. Under Trump’s Controversial Resettlement Plan

• Steelworkers unhappy with Trump OK of Nippon takeover of U.S. Steel

Palestinian genocide and other Israeli and US aggressions in the Middle East:

• IDF says roads to Gaza aid centres are 'combat zones' as sites close for day

• Israel kills 27 Palestinians in latest mass killing of aid seekers

• Israel using drones to terrorise Palestinians in Gaza, rights group warns

• Less than 80% of aid trucks cleared by Israel have reached Gaza: UN

• Norway's Ethics Council reviews $500M in Israeli investments

• US warns UK and France not to recognise Palestinian state

Other world news:

• As Ecuador battles gangs, lawmakers approve return of foreign military bases

• Chile Initiates Historic Judicial Process Against Those Responsible for Illegal Adoptions During Pinochet’s Dictatorship

• Dutch PM Dick Schoof steps down after Wilders withdraws party from coalition over migration plans

• Haiti: Human Rights Groups Condemn Inhumane Detention Conditions in Police Stations

• Iceland: Carbon capture company emits more than it captures

• Kenya: Rose Njeri charged over anti-Finance Bill website

• More than four million people have fled Sudan amid war, UN says

• Polish PM Tusk Calls Confidence Vote After Presidential Defeat

• Smoke from Canadian fires reaches Europe: EU climate monitor

• Spain suspends Israeli missile contract, activates plans to cut defence ties

• Unionized doctors picket outside Allina clinics in first for Minnesota

• Border bill primed to give Mark Carney’s government sweeping new powers. Who asked for this?

• Freezing the rent is just the beginning

• The ideological rift on the tech right

• The Witkoff Massacre in the Hungriest Place on Earth