Government statistics in Manitoba indicate that human activity is the primary cause of the vast majority of wildfires this year. Ontario Premier Doug Ford praised a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and other premiers in Saskatoon, calling it the most productive interprovincial gathering in a decade and event went so far as to compare Carney to "Santa Claus.” The Liberal minority government narrowly lost a House of Commons vote on a Conservative amendment demanding an economic update before summer adjournment. Tune into The Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Noah Jarvis!

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