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Loonie Politics Thursday: Morning Edition

• U.S. secretary of state visits Ottawa in advance of G7 meeting in France - The Canadian Press, CTV News
• Justin Trudeau appears to be weathering the SNC-Lavalin storm - Chantal Hébert, Toronto Star
• Liberals shut down opposition attempt to have ethics commissioner testify on SNC-Lavalin affair - Brian Platt, National Post
• It’s the election laws at fault, not Elections Canada - Andrew Coyne, National Post
• Ontario won’t fine gas stations over pump stickers - Robert Benzie, Toronto Star
• Groups ready large get-out-the-vote campaign to keep youth turnout high - Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press, CTV News
• Ontario fights order to release documents outlining cabinet minister priorities - The Canadian Press, The Globe & Mail
• Support for Trudeau on the decline among women: Nanos tracking - Phil Hahn, CTV News
• Ford government’s new sex-ed curriculum is ‘pretty much the same,’ education experts say - Jessica Vomiero, Global News
• B.C. teachers and government start mediated negotiations - Rob Shaw, Vancouver Sun
• Poll shows little change among voters but bad news for Trudeau - Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun
• Trudeau rails against Conservatives in foreign policy speech - Catharine Tunney, CBC News
• Trudeau says Canada won’t back down against an ‘increasingly assertive’ China - The Canadian Press, The Globe & Mail
• How ‘Jihadi Jack’ became Canada’s problem - Audrey Macklin - The Conversation, Maclean's
• Trans Mountain construction ramps up, expected to be in service mid-2022 - Clare Clancy, Calgary Herald

Washington Thursday

• Here is the White House’s evidence supporting Trump’s claims of Democratic anti-Semitism - Philip Bump, Washington Post
• Donald Trump’s Economic Anxiety - David Graham, The Atlantic
• 2020 Dems Have More to Fear From a Recession Than Trump Does - Liz Peek, Fox News
• Why Kamala Harris Is Fading in the Democratic Primary - John McCormack, National Review
• The Obamas’ First Big Anti-Trump Statement of 2020 - Ted Johnson, Politico
• Is Trump Driving Young White Evangelicals Away From the GOP? - Daniel Cox, 538
• Nikki Haley voices ‘complete support’ for Pence - Brett Samuels, The Hill
• Pelosi speaks with Israeli president after Trump controversy - Tal Axelrod, The Hill

More from Loonie

Loonie Business

• Alex and Ani drops $1.2 billion suit against Bank of America- CTV News
• ‘The American disease’: Canadian companies pouring cash into stock buybacks as backlash grows abroad- Geoff Zochodne, Financial Post
• Canada’s inflation rate held steady at 2% in July, higher than expected- CBC News
• Police struggle to stamp out online cannabis shops- Mike Hager, The Globe & Mail
• ACOA writes off balance of two multimillion-dollar loans to Irving company- Kevin Bissett - The Canadian Press, Toronto Star

Loonie World

• Merkel: Backstop alternative ‘possible within 30 days’- BBC News
• Amazon burning: NGOs dispute Bolsonaro’s claim they started fires- Al Jazeera
• Putin says opposition protesters must abide by law- The Associated Press, The Times Of India
• French government reconvenes with unpopular reforms on agenda- France 24
• Hong Kong protesters clash with riot police at metro station- Verna Yu, The Guardian

Loonie Sports

• Wild hire Guerin as general manager- Staff, TSN
• Captain Canada Sinclair hungry for shot at another Olympic medal after World Cup letdown- Dan Ralph - The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
• Russell Martin on return to L.A., Blue Jays exit, possible retirement- Shi Davidi, Sportsnet
• XFL reveals names, logos for its eight teams- Kevin Seifert, ESPN
• Bianca Andreescu seeded No. 15 for U.S. Open- CBC Sports

Loonie Politics Wednesday: Morning Edition

• Liberals unhurt, Tories not helped by scathing SNC-Lavalin report: poll - Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press, CTV News
• What 35,000 political ads on Facebook reveal about Canada’s election-year message battle - Roberto Rocha, CBC News
• Unifor head tells union’s media members he hears concerns about Tory-bashing but won’t stop - Amanda Connolly, Global News
• Federal party leaders, moderators confirmed for leadership debates in October - Staff, CTV News
• Country music star George Canyon to run for Tories in Nova Scotia - The Canadian Press, CTV News
• It’s time for Elizabeth May to up her game - Tom Mulcair, Toronto Sun
• The rising cost of ‘social license’? Liberals give away $40M stake in coal terminal to two First Nations - Jesse Snyder, National Post
• Environmental groups can still talk climate change during election, says Canada’s chief electoral officer - Peter Zimonjic, CBC News
• Cabinet confidentiality to take centre stage at parliamentary committee hearing on SNC-Lavalin - Steven Chase, The Globe & Mail
• Canadian Government provided very limited consular services to ‘Jihadi Jack’ - Rachel Gilmore, CTV News
• Canada could ‘lead the world’ by bringing Jihadi Jack here to face justice, father says - Tom Blackwell, National Post
• Ford government to announce new sex-ed curriculum Wednesday after controversial repeal, sources say - Ryan Rocca, Global News
• Economist heading Alberta’s minimum wage panel vows to keep politics out of it - Chris Varcoe, Calgary Herald
• Andrew Scheer promises to make EI maternity, parental benefits tax-free - John Paul Tasker, CBC News
• Ethics committee to decide whether to dig deeper into SNC-Lavalin report - The Canadian Press, CTV News
• Quebec’s love of equalization and hatred of oil pipelines - Lorne Gunter, Edmonton Sun
• Japanese princess to visit Prince Edward Island to celebrate Japan-Canada relations - The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
• A campaign loss on climate change would turn the issue into a political ‘loser’: Trudeau - Brennan MacDonald, CBC News

Washington Wednesday

• Ocasio-Cortez blasts Electoral College as a ‘scam’ - Justin Wise, The Hill
• Trump Isn’t the One Dividing Us by Race - Heather Mac Donald, Wall Street Journal
• Trump 2020: Be Very Afraid - Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
• Trump’s True Foreign Policy: Chaos - Hal Brands, Bloomberg
• Electability Voters Are the Reason Biden Is Leading - Russell Berman, The Atlantic
• Why a top House Democrat is coming out in favor of an impeachment inquiry - Amber Phillips, Washington Post
• Kids stay, parents go and chaos reigns under Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ policy, complaint alleges - Daniella Silva, NBC News
• Why Joe Biden Won’t Win - Daniel McCarthy, The Spectator

More from Loonie Wednesday

Loonie Business

• Big Six banks brace for ‘challenging’ outlook on prospects of lower interest rates, roiled capital markets- Geoff Zochodne, Financial Post
• Huawei founder sees ‘live or die moment’ from U.S. uncertainty- Vlad Savov - Bloomberg, Toronto Star
• Boeing adding ‘a few hundred’ temporary workers to assist with 737 Max deliveries- Reuters, The Globe & Mail
• Statistics Canada reports manufacturing sales fell 1.2 per cent in June- CTV News
• Quebec forks out $5M in aid as major newspaper chain seeks bankruptcy protection- CBC News

Loonie World

• Madrid sending navy vessel to escort Open Arms migrants to Spain- France 24
• Khan Sheikhoun: Syria rebels pull out of key town after five years- BBC News
• Italy and Matteo Salvini face uncertainty after PM’s resignation- Angela Giuffrida, The Guardian
• US envoy returning to Doha for new round of Taliban peace talks- Al Jazeera
• Irish border solution possible, but not by reopening Withdrawal Agreement: Angela Merkel- Reuters, The Times Of India

Loonie Sports

• Marner’s camp has had discussion with ZSC Lions- Staff, TSN
• Chinese swimmer Sun Yang granted public trial for doping hearing- The Associated Press, CBC Sports
• Canoeist wonders whether she took contaminated supplement that led to positive test- The Canadian Press, Toronto Star
• Canucks officially sign GM Jim Benning to three-year extension- Josh Beneteau, Sportsnet
• Sources: Cowboys agree to deal with LB Smith- Todd Archer, ESPN