Food Workforce Crunch: A new report from Food Processing Skills Canada says Canada’s food and beverage manufacturing sector must recruit about 173,000 new workers by 2034, with nearly 100,000 needed just to replace retirements and exits—highlighting a structural labour shortage. Research Funding Reset: After insolvency, Laurentian University has been cleared to restart recruiting Canada Research Chairs, restoring a key federal talent pipeline. Critical Minerals Processing Push: Ontario is investing $11M via its Critical Minerals Processing Fund to help Generation Mining build a $410M processing complex at Marathon, aiming to keep more processing in Canada. AI Data Centre Backlash: In New Brunswick, an MP urges the province to reject a proposed AI data centre in Saint John over concerns about power-grid capacity and possible rate hikes; in Saskatchewan, the NDP repeats calls for a moratorium, accusing the government of skipping consultation. Privacy and Surveillance Fight: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms asks Parliament to defeat Bill C-22 (Lawful Access Act), arguing it lowers thresholds for identifying people online and expands metadata retention. First Nations Child Welfare Court Battle: The Carney government files its third court challenge in a long-running dispute over First Nations child and family services. UN Focus: Prime Minister Carney heads to the UN General Assembly next week, with officials framing it around geopolitical instability and protecting the multilateral order. Work Permit Denials Clarified: IRCC publishes five main reasons work permits can be refused at the port of entry, including medical inadmissibility, criminality, security concerns, misrepresentation, and ineligible employers. Infrastructure Review Move: Carney tells Liberal MPs the government will introduce a bill to streamline project reviews as it advances a major infrastructure agenda. Postal Service Change: Canada Post is phasing out door-to-door delivery in parts of Regina and Saskatoon, shifting thousands of addresses to community mailboxes.