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Written by Hanna Lee Copy Editor, Digital News
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Good morning. As of today, people with the sole underlying condition of mental illness were set to become eligible for medical assistance in dying. But a special parliamentary committee that has been reviewing the matter will recommend against doing so, CBC News has learned. We'll get into that below.
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Committee recommends against MAID expansion for mental illness
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A special parliamentary committee will recommend that Ottawa indefinitely pause expanding medical assistance in dying (MAID) for those whose sole underlying condition is mental illness, CBC News has confirmed.
What's happening: Unless Parliament intervenes, the expansion is set to take effect today. The Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying had been reviewing the matter since February. The committee is expected to table its report in the House of Commons this afternoon, 10 years to the date since MAID became legal in Canada.
Why it matters: A source told CBC News the report solely recommends amending the Criminal Code to "indefinitely exclude" those whose sole underlying condition is mental illness. All Liberal and Conservative MPs on the committee agree on the indefinite pause, the source said, though the rest of the senators in the group want the expansion to go ahead. Those senators have written at least one dissenting report, another source said, which they added could be "scathing."
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Companies question cost of AI as 'tokenmaxxing' spending adds up
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Tech companies that went all in on internal AI use are now clamping down, as costs soar.
What's happening: Uber had spent its entire AI budget for the year by April, it said last month, while OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged that rising costs are becoming a huge issue for customers. Canadian startups are feeling the increase, too, business leaders told BetaKit. The new focus is on tracking costs and using AI more strategically.
Why it matters: The ballooning expenses mainly come from the cost of using tokens, or the units of data it takes to input prompts and receive outputs. Tech companies are using the technology for complex "agentic" tasks, like coding and chain-of-thought reasoning. It's quite different — and much more expensive — than, for example, asking ChatGPT what to make for lunch. Companies had been pushing for their employees to go all in on experimenting with the technology. But now, some are rethinking their spending.
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'Major shock': Canadians grapple with loss of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada tradition
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In a shock to Canadians, CBC will no longer broadcast NHL games on Hockey Night in Canada, after 74 years.
What's happening: The public broadcaster and Rogers Sportsnet, the national rights-holder, were unable to come to an agreement on a new sublicensing deal that would have allowed CBC to continue airing the games on its Saturday program. Users online lamented the loss, calling it the end of an era and a sad day for hockey. Many Canadians bought their first TVs so they could watch the games, said Craig Baird, host of the Canadian History Ehx podcast.
Why it matters: CBC was operating under the sublicensing deal ever since Rogers Sportsnet acquired the league's Canadian rights in 2013 for $5.2 billion. Baird said many kids growing up now may miss out on the chance to be inspired by hockey stars the way he was as a child, due to the rising costs of subscription services as well as tickets to live NHL games.
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