Althea Raj

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678 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 16 Jun

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The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge · Reporter's Notebook - Raj and Russo on Canada/Us and Much More · 2 Jun 2026 podcast

I think that's where the kind of like the centrists who are like, well, maybe we could use this referendum to send Ottawa a message.

You know, a lot of the other questions, frankly, that Daniel Smith has put on the list are also very divisive and question, like,

we're not going to abolish the Senate.

So telling Albertans that you're going to band together with all their premiers to abolish the Senate is basically an exercise in creating more frustration because it's not going to happen.

And so I think that's where there is value in having somebody of that stature make the case that like,

Please don't do this.

There are other ways to send Ottawa a message that is not voting yes to have a future referendum on this question.

Encyclical.

Well, I should say if people want a preview of the Thursday or potentially Friday announcement, CBC actually broke the story on Monday and has some pretty technical details that is in the announcement.

What struck me from what I've been told from what's in this week's announcement is

is the focus is on adoption.

And if you read the Pope's encyclical, he talks about the need to regulate.

And he talks about the consequences of this technology, how it can accentuate

The gaps between those who have access to it and those who do not, the potential negative consequences to this technology, the lack of like the need for us to retain our humanity, to respect the dignity of others, to continue this dialogue, basically doing what we're doing right now, speaking to each other.

And that is not where the government is going to be going.

There will be some notes about regulation in terms of privacy.

So they will be updating PIPEDA, which is the private federal privacy law, online harm, which is a law.

legislation, that heritage, so there'll be some overlap between Minister Miller and Minister Solomon.

But where they're really focused is the problem that they have identified is that we're really great at the research part.

You know, we have the gurus of AI in Toronto and in Montreal, and we're really good at building startups, starting them, and then they go to the United States to flourish.

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