Trudeau ‘Disappointed’ With New 220 Per Cent U.S. Duties on Bombarbardier Jets: Here’s What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Trudeau ‘disappointed’ in U.S. decision to slap 220 per cent duty on Canada’s Bombardier jets
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has joined the chorus of condemnation over a U.S. government decision to slap a 220 per cent duty on the sale of Bombardier jets, stating Wednesday that he’s “disappointed” by the move and vowing to fight for Canadian jobs.”
2. Ontario to force pharmaceutical companies to disclose money paid to doctors
“Legislation the Liberals are expected to introduce on Wednesday would make Ontario the first province in which anyone could search a central online database to see if health-care providers or medical organizations have received money from the makers of drugs or medical devices.
“‘This [proposed legislation] is about empowering patients and giving them tools and information so that they can make better, more informed decisions about their own health care,” Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins said in an interview. ‘It’s important to have this level of transparency and accountability. It creates even more confidence in our health-care system.'”
+1: Ontario to reopen shuttered hospital to cope with bed crunch – CBC News
3. The coming software apocalypse
“It’s been said that software is ‘eating the world.’ More and more, critical systems that were once controlled mechanically, or by people, are coming to depend on code. This was perhaps never clearer than in the summer of 2015, when on a single day, United Airlines grounded its fleet because of a problem with its departure-management system; trading was suspended on the New York Stock Exchange after an upgrade; the front page of The Wall Street Journal’s website crashed; and Seattle’s 911 system went down again, this time because a different router failed.
“The simultaneous failure of so many software systems smelled at first of a coordinated cyberattack. Almost more frightening was the realization, late in the day, that it was just a coincidence.”
4. Facebook’s underclass: as staffers enjoy lavish perks, contractors barely get by
“The social network has an army of behind-the-scenes employees who can’t afford to live in an area with out-of-control housing costs”
+1: The secret to Germany’s happiness and success: Its values are the opposite of Silicon Valley’s – Quartz
5. Long live the group chat
“A look at the beauty, ubiquity, and therapy of group chats for black and brown people.”
