[NEWS] Five Canada politics links: Ontario arts, Alberta vs. Québec, referendum, West, WeChat

[rfmcdonald]

• The scale of the cuts by the Ontario government to the Ontario Arts Council, including those directed towards Indigenous artists, is appalling. Global News reports.


• The provinces of Alberta and Québec are feuding over the latter province's opposition to new pipeline construction, Albertans trying to lead a boycott. CTV News reports.


• Quartz notes, with reference to Brexit, that if the Oui had won the 1995 referendum on Québec independence Jean Chrétien would have held a second referendum to confirm the result.


• CBC hosts an opinion piece by Monte Solberg talking about western Canadian alienation.


• China-based social app WeChat has been limiting the articles its Canadian users can access on the Huawei crisis. The Toronto Star reports.