Links

* Nathan Cullen, Melanie Mark and Bowinn Ma announce they aren’t running

* Patrick Brown endorses Jean Charest to lead Conservative Party – The Globe and Mail

* Green Party spokesperson criticizes potential candidate ahead of leadership race | The Star

* Premiers gather in Victoria to present united demand for more health-care cash | CBC News

* Premiers close 2-day summit, call on feds to stop negotiating health funding through the media | CBC News

* Council of the Federation Health communique [PDF]

* Council of the Federations Other items communique [PDF]

* Rob Shaw’s Tweet highlighting Small Modular Reactors

* Clarification from BC’s Energy Ministry

* Mandatory random COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated air travellers resuming next week | CBC News

* Bank of Canada hikes rate to 2.5%. Here’s what it means for you | CBC News

* Jagmeet Singh’s response

* Pierre Poilievre’s response

* Ottawa announces it will require telecoms to provide backup for each other during outages following Rogers system failure

* Guilbeault’s cross-country climate train tour derailed by lack of service