Big Headlines: Carney convenes his cabinet in Alberta and Trump vows American adults $5,000 if his party wins midterms

0:00Frequency podcast network. Stories that matter, podcasts that resonate. Carnies Cabinet meets today in Alberta. Hi, I'm Vergeshtave. This is Big Headlines. Everything you need to know to be in the know in just five minutes. Prime Minister Mark Carney is gathering his cabinet today and tomorrow in the mountain resort town of BAMP, Alberta, for closed-door meetings. As President Donald Trump's trade war intensifies, the cabinet retreat comes as the liberal government plans its agenda for the fall sitting of parliament in less than two weeks. Carnie's office says ministers at the retreat will hear from guest speakers on the economy, indigenous partnerships and international fairs in the sessions. While the Carnie Cabinet meets in Alberta, the opposition leader is in New York City. Conservative leader Pierre Pualiev says he's there to

1:01fight the tariffs. He has meetings with investors and businesses and interviews on major business TV networks. Pualiev says his main audience is the American people and he'll make the case that both our countries can be safer, richer and more affordable if we trade freely. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is now in Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand was on hand to welcome him and his wife when they landed in Calgary yesterday. Reporter Charlene Close says Zelensky is set to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney today before addressing Carney's cabinet at that meeting in BAMP. Zelensky says the main focus is supporting Ukraine in protecting its skies and preparing for the winter. The first lady has a meeting planned with philanthropists who support Ukraine and will visit schools. A couple is set to visit Toronto and North Bay before leaving tomorrow with Russia's invasion in its fifth year. Carney says Ottawa remains steadfast in

2:01its commitment to support Ukraine's defense, recovery and reconstruction. Keeve has suffered a barrage of Russian air strikes in recent months and Ukraine has pleaded for more air defense support from its allies. Also making big headlines, President Trump has promised $5,000 to every American adult, but only if the Republicans can win November's midterm elections. So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000, it will be called the Trump dividend. We'll call it the Trump dividend. But the only condition on the payment of this dividend that we're going to be making. So it's $5,000 to every adult, the only caveat I have is that the dividend that we're making must be spent in the United States of America. It's not clear where the money would come from exactly or if Trump is breaking the law by offering it. The

3:04announcement was made during a nearly two-hour long speech at a Republican party convention in Dallas, and event the Democrats have described as a flashy distraction. He also told his followers that Canada, quote, very much wants to make a deal with the U.S. a day after escalating the trade war. Lake Ontario was mentioned as well, while Trump mused about changing the name to Lake America. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month ever recorded. European climate service Copernicus says it's due to a dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino. The world averaged 16.96 degrees Celsius last month, matching the all-time market set in July 2023. Experts say the summer is also the warmest summer on record. Every fraction of a degree of warming increases the likelihood of extremes becoming more intense

4:05more frequent and longer lasting. Our climate system is really operating well outside the range we would have expected just a decade ago. And the reality is we will get more of these conditions that we've seen this summer. August 22nd set a record for the hottest day recorded in the world's seas. They're rolling out the red carpet and setting up the spotlights for the Toronto International Film Festival. The 10-day event begins today with the film being human about the beginning of the U.S. disability rights movement. Excitement is building in the city and this tourist is in Toronto visiting from England. Yeah, so we're going to see Clarissa and we're looking for it. We've just been a whole part of the whole vibe, the festival vibe and everything. So yeah, we couldn't have wished for a better time and really because we came on holiday and not knowing the festival was on. Among the top talent including this year includes Cynthia Arrivo, Helen Marin and Channing Tatum. If you haven't

5:13listened yet, today on the big story, the age of technological imperialism. Host Maria Castan is speaking with the Managing Director at the Canadian Shield Institute. What point do you think Map stop becoming purely navigational tools and started becoming, you know, as you put like platforms and infrastructure that kind of shaped reality and how we make sense of what's around us? I mean, even its power to root technology, the acquisition of ways, right? Sorry to root to root physical cars and to you could argue that we're going to manipulate traffic or, you know, ware zones are busy is a very interesting form of power. Where did it switch to kind of being digital infrastructure? I'm not sure. There are still competitors and there have been and it's sometimes a people problem to sort of switch away. There are interesting open source map tools people have been looking for. Canadian examples, I think that as we seek to reduce our dependency on big tech, it's

6:13not doesn't necessarily need to be a private Canadian company that we're switching to, though of course there are many reasons that's that's optimal. You can listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts. Now you're in the know. Thank you for listening to big headlines. Make sure you follow, share and review big headlines. And Rika and Maturo is our lead producer. I'm your host, Vergesh Dave. Thanks for listening. We'll talk to you tomorrow.