Upcoming Canadian Election
Monday, March 24th, 2025
World Events — Upcoming Federal Election in Canada
Bloomberg
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for a national election on April 28, 2025, setting the stage for a closely contested race between his Liberal Party and the Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre. The election comes amid heightened tensions with the United States, as President Donald Trump's tariffs and rhetoric about making Canada the 51st state have dominated the political discourse. Carney, who recently succeeded Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister, is positioning himself as a defender of Canadian sovereignty and economic interests. Both Carney and Poilievre have promised tax cuts and are presenting differing visions for Canada's economy and its relationship with the US. The election campaign is expected to focus heavily on these issues, as well as domestic concerns such as the cost of living and housing shortages.
Tech — Climate Forecasting Powered by Nvidia
NVIDIA has unveiled the Omniverse Blueprint for Earth-2 weather analytics, a groundbreaking platform designed to revolutionize weather forecasting and disaster preparedness1. This innovative solution combines GPU acceleration libraries, a physics-AI framework, and microservices to enable more accurate, high-resolution, and energy-efficient weather predictions1. Leading climate tech companies, including G42, JBA Risk Management, and Spire, have already adopted the platform, which offers tools like CorrDiff for downscaling and FourCastNet for predicting global atmospheric dynamics1. The Earth-2 platform significantly accelerates weather modeling, with some implementations running 1,000 times faster than traditional physics-based models1. By leveraging NVIDIA's cutting-edge technology, including NVIDIA DGX Cloud and Omniverse, the blueprint empowers organizations to develop AI-augmented solutions that can deliver warnings and updated forecasts in seconds, potentially saving lives and mitigating the $2 trillion impact of climate-related weather events on the global economy over the past decade.
Economics and Policy — Rent, Killed
The Economists
The recent surge in rental prices across the rich world, despite falling overall inflation, can be largely attributed to misguided government interventions in the housing market. Over the past decade, many countries have implemented policies aimed at curbing landlords' power and protecting tenants, such as rent controls, additional taxes on landlords, and restrictions on property investors. However, these measures have backfired, exacerbating housing shortages and ultimately hurting the very people they were meant to help. The root cause of high rents and landlord power lies in the underlying housing shortages caused by construction limitations, not landlord greed. These interventions have discouraged landlords from staying in the market, leading to fewer rental properties available and increased competition among tenants. For example, Barcelona has seen a 75% decrease in permanent rental property listings since 2019, while Ireland's registered tenancies dropped by 23% between 2016 and 2022 despite population growth. To address this issue effectively, governments should focus on loosening building regulations and increasing housing supply rather than implementing counterproductive rental market interventions.
Health — Preventing Injuries When Exercising
As the spring sports season approaches, Greater Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Associates (GPOA) emphasizes the importance of injury prevention for young athletes, given that nearly 30 million children and adolescents participate in organized sports, leading to 2.6 million serious injuries and over 1.35 million emergency room visits annually. While preventing all sports injuries isn't possible, GPOA's sports medicine team provides ten key tips, including warming up and cooling down, regular stretching, using proper protective equipment, staying hydrated, strength training, avoiding overtraining, using proper form, taking care of joints, listening to your body, and consulting a sports medicine doctor, to help athletes stay healthy and active and to ensure prompt and effective treatment should an injury occur. Seeking medical attention is crucial for persistent pain, difficulty moving, visible deformities, uncontrolled bleeding, signs of infection, severe headaches, shortness of breath, or loss of consciousness, highlighting the importance of prioritizing health and safety over staying in the game.
Baking — Blueberry Muffin
Another blueberry muffin recipe, test it out!
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Song Rec — That’s So True (Gracie)
Quote of the Day
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ― Rumi