Canadian Force’s Second-In-Command Was Just Relieved of his Duties: Here’s What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Removal comes after investigation into leaks of ‘pretty high-level secret documents’
“Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was relieved of his duties as the Canadian military’s second-highest-ranking officer over alleged leaks of highly classified information, The Globe and Mail has learned. A source said General Jonathan Vance, chief of the defence staff, ordered Mr. Norman’s removal after an investigation of “pretty high-level secret documents” that had allegedly been leaked.
“The source would not provide further information on the nature of the sensitive leaks. It is unknown whether the alleged leaks were to journalists, business interests or another country.”
2. World’s eight richest people have same wealth as the poorest 50 per cent
“The world’s eight richest billionaires control the same wealth between them as the poorest half of the globe’s population, according to a charity warning of an ever-increasing and dangerous concentration of wealth.”
3. How Kevin O’Leary went from flirting with a Tory leadership bid to organizing the real deal
“Despite O’Leary’s undisguised interest in the job, though, he appears to have been seriously assembling a campaign organization for only a few weeks. The key meeting to start that process in earnest happened on Dec. 5 at Toronto’s Nota Bene restaurant. O’Leary met at the noted Queen Street business power-lunch venue with Mike Coates, a longstanding party insider, whose past roles ranged from raising money for Brian Mulroney to helping Stephen Harper prepare for election debates.”
– Macleans
+1: Conservative candidates don’t have to be crazy to run without speaking French, but it helps – National Post
4. Does Europe have a more civilized internet?
“In the US, the internet is like a series of private clubs that make their own rules. In Germany, authorities treat it more like a public park and police it as such.”
5. These countries sell the world’s cheapest iPhones
“The iPhone is many things, but it’s certainly not cheap. If you live in Angola though, chances are you’ll get one cheaper than anywhere else in the world. This is according to the Technology Price Index, a comparative report of prices of tech products globally.”
– Quartz
