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Written by John Mazerolle Senior Writer, Digital News
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Good morning. Today our journalists bring you in-depth reports on white supremacy in Canada, screen surveillance at the country's biggest companies, and what critics are calling the death of Canada's contribution to peacekeeping.
And if you need a break from all that, why not try a video game where you perform menial tasks? As you'll read below, that's what friendslop is for.
(Correction: An item in yesterday's newsletter about a funeral in Gaza City mistakenly said the family members being buried were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nov. 23, 2003. In fact, the airstrike occurred on Nov. 23, 2023.)
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(Second Sons Canada/Telegram)
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Residents of Alberta town shocked by large white supremacist training meetup
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Residents of a small town outside Calgary are shocked to learn that Canada's most prominent white supremacist group held its second annual national meeting — where masked group members participated in military-style drills — at a volunteer-run community centre in early July.
What's happening: Using visual clues in videos posted by the group, Second Sons Canada, CBC’s visual investigations team identified the location of the gathering roughly 70 kilometres southwest of Calgary, near the hamlet of Millarville, Alta.
Why it matters: Founded by Jeremy MacKenzie, Second Sons describes itself as a "men’s nationalist club." But it more closely resembles the "active club"-style model favoured by the global white supremacist movement. Second Sons' leaders have welcomed neo-Nazis into their ranks, called for mass deportations "at gunpoint" of non-white people from Canada and said Canadian politicians should be executed as traitors.
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Canadian workers speak out against growing screen time surveillance
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Workers at some of Canada's biggest companies say increased workplace surveillance is taking a toll on their mental health as their employers ramp up the use of software that monitors their screen activity.
What's happening: TD Bank told employees in its financial crimes and risk management team in June, in a call first reported by Reuters, that it will start tracking their screen time — specifically the time they spend on browsers, internal chat and meeting apps — using a tool called WorkiQ.
Why it matters: Companies across a range of industries are increasingly facing pushback from employees over the deployment of software that monitors screen activity. The practice has raised questions about privacy, trust, workers' rights and workplace stress.
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Canada's peacekeeping legacy is fading away
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After decades of gradual decline, Canada’s peacekeeping tradition is entering its final chapter.
What's happening: The country has — for years — contributed only a handful of soldiers to United Nations-sanctioned missions around the world. But in mid-July, late on a Friday, the department quietly announced it was closing four missions and reducing its commitment to a fifth non-UN force in Egypt.
The fallout: Many in the Canadian military are deeply skeptical, even openly hostile, to Canada's peacekeeping legacy, mostly because of the deep frustration related to UN restrictions and bureaucracy that contributed to civilian deaths, including the 1994 Rwandan genocide. But critics warn the move away from peacekeeping sacrifices a defining national identity and surrenders diplomatic influence to countries such as China.
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