Ontario NDP defends province’s trustees as Ford government dangles axe

OTTAWA — Calls are mounting for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to revive a Trudeau-era effort to regulate tech companies in an attempt to safeguard children from harmful online content. While the issue has been raised internally, ministers are awaiting direction, including from the Prime Minister’s Office, which remains consumed by U.S. President Donald Trump and advancing the government’s economic agenda. What’s left is a confusing picture of who is even responsible for the file and whether the Carney government intends to move on the issue of regulation or has abandoned...