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Five things you need to know
An academic writing in the world's best-known foreign policy magazine has strongly criticized Mark Carney's Davos speech, claiming that it is a "delusion" to think so-called "middle powers" can band together to resist control by the US and China. In his Foreign Affairs article, Michael Beckley writes: "Middle powers cannot choose whether or not to live in a hierarchical world. They must choose which hierarchy gives them the most room to maneuver. The danger is mistaking the performance of autonomy for the substance of power—celebrating summits, forums, and rousing speeches while the real levers of money, technology, energy, and force accumulate in stronger hands." He adds: "Middle powers are not free agents in a flat world. But they can still prosper by partnering with a great power in an increasingly unequal one."
Middle powers can no longer prosper without possessing global power, argues Michael Beckley. https://t.co/jW0kGVAPwG
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) May 26, 2026
Left-wing climate activist and MP Steven Guilbeault could be set to resign from the Liberal caucus this week, according to a report from CTV News. The former environment minister has resigned from cabinet because of Mark Carney's decision to loosen industrial restrictions put in place by Justin Trudeau's government. His potential resignation comes after CBC News obtained a letter signed by 14 Liberal MPs who were similarly upset about Carney's rolling back of regulations. CBC News, however, chose to protect the prime minister and the Liberal Party by concealing the names of the MPs.
#BREAKING Former environment and climate change minister Steven Guilbeault is considering resigning from the Liberal Party caucus, four sources in the federal government tell CTV News. Listen to CJAD 800 for more. pic.twitter.com/qib4TV1pcM
— CJAD 800 Montreal (@CJAD800) May 26, 2026
BC Premier David Eby, meanwhile, has once again been complaining about both Mark Carney and Alberta. He bemoaned the "reckless" upcoming referendum in Alberta about whether to hold an independence referendum and also reiterated that "we're not going to have oil tankers in incredibly dangerous waters off the pristine north coast of British Columbia." He did concede, however, that the Pacific coastline belongs to Canada and not BC.
The controversial matter of the ground-penetrating radar scan at Kamloops Indian Residential School announced on May 27, 2021 continues to divide Canadians five years on. The Tkemlúps te Secwepemc First Nation initially claimed that 215 dead children had been found buried under the ground, but no evidence confirming the claim was ever presented. The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, meanwhile, remains unapologetic about the unproved claims, accusing those requesting evidence of "residential school denialism." It added that attempts to "cast doubt upon or erase the well-documented atrocities of Residential Schools is little more than racism, white supremacy and colonial violence."
Union president Grand Chief Stewart Phillip says the “public conscience of Canada has fractured” since the discovery of more than 200 potential burials. https://t.co/L64IHfTWmX
— CityNews Vancouver (@CityNewsVAN) May 25, 2026
Social media is as damaging to children as smoking, according to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in the UK. The senior doctors said: "There can be few issues which have united clinicians so resoundingly in recent years as the impact that unfettered exposure to tech and devices is currently having on children and young people's health." It comes as the UK, alongside other countries around the world, is considering banning social media for under-16s.
Social media as bad for young people as smoking, top doctors say https://t.co/UM2J6TPJOz
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 26, 2026
