Canadian Industry Minister Champagne Weighs in on TikTok Debate, UN Envoy Rae Optimistic About Development Goals

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Champagne talks TikTok, Musk and AI bill As the federal government battles TikTok in court over Ottawa’s order to close its Canadian offices, Canada’s industry minister says families should make their own decisions about whether to continue using the app. 'Ultimately, that's a choice for people to make with eyes wide open,' François-Philippe Champagne said.

As for what he tells his own family? Champagne won’t share. 'My personal experience or my risk tolerance…might be very different than other people.' Champagne made the comments in a wide-ranging year-end interview with The Canadian Press. The interview was conducted on Dec. 12, before the surprise resignation of former finance minister Chrystia Freeland raised questions about the fate of the Liberal government. Champagne, who has been industry minister since 2021, kept in post in a Dec. 20 cabinet shuffle. In November, the federal government said that TikTok must close its operations in Canada after a national security review of the Chinese company behind the social media platform, though the app itself would remain available to Canadians. Here's what else we're watching... UN envoy Bob Rae hopeful for UN development goals Canada is trying to push the world's nations to stick with the goals they set to confront the planet's main challenges, despite rising geopolitical confrontation that has made the 2030 deadlines more difficult to meet. 'There are any number of reasons why you could say this is impossible, but you can't let yourself give in to those,' said Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the United Nations. Last summer, he started a one-year term leading the UN Economic and Social Council, a body that manages the UN's most prominent agencies and the bulk of its budge

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