Weekly Quiz: Tax Breaks, Beauty Treatments, and Tech Sovereignty

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const title = "Weekly Quiz: Tax Breaks, Beauty Treatments, and Tech Sovereignty"; const date = "May 9, 2026"; const data = [ { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/Peltz-Ubisoft-1800-1536x1024.jpg", title: "Ubisoft Took the Subsidies. Workers in Quebec and Halifax Took the Fall", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/ubisoft-canada-tax-breaks-layoffs/", question: "Governments across Canada have long used tax incentives and public subsidies to attract major gaming and technology companies, with Ubisoft becoming one of the biggest beneficiaries of this system. Since 2020, approximately how much taxpayer support has Ubisoft received?", options: [ "$250 million", "$980 million", "$1 billion", "$4 billion", ], answer: "$980 million", correct: "Taxpayers are effectively financing Ubisoft to the tune of $980 million since just 2020, according to French senate documents obtained by CWA Canada. And it’s not Ubisoft alone. Governments are aggressively courting large gaming and tech firms with public funds but remain silent when they need to be held accountable.", incorrect: "Taxpayers are effectively financing Ubisoft to the tune of $980 million since just 2020, according to French senate documents obtained by CWA Canada. And it’s not Ubisoft alone. Governments are aggressively courting large gaming and tech firms with public funds but remain silent when they need to be held accountable.", }, { title: "‘Life Is Expensive’: The Uncomfortable Rise of DIY Botox", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/more-young-women-are-self-injecting-botox-than-you-think/", question: "As more and more people attempt DIY Botox injections, one major concern is the uncertainty surrounding the contents and potency of unregulated products. Researcher Andy Pickett analyzed five illicit vials of dermal fillers and found a wide variation in botulinum toxin levels. What range did he find?", options: [ "0 to 55 units", "0 to 150 units", "0 to 280 units", "0 to 365 units", ], answer: "0 to 280 units", correct: "In analyzing the vials, Pickett found that they had between zero and 280 units of botulinum toxin in them, so you couldn’t tell from just looking at the vial which it was. “You don’t know if you’re getting absolutely nothing or way too much,” says ophthalmologist Jean Carruthers, the first to discover a cosmetic use for Botox.", incorrect: "In analyzing the vials, Pickett found that they had between zero and 280 units of botulinum toxin in them, so you couldn’t tell from just looking at the vial which it was. “You don’t know if you’re getting absolutely nothing or way too much,” says ophthalmologist Jean Carruthers, the first to discover a cosmetic use for Botox.", }, { image: "https://walrus-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/img/Jagannathan-DiljitDosanjh-1800-1536x1024.jpg", title: "Diljit Dosanjh on Jimmy Fallon: A History Lesson in Canada’s Mistreatment of Immigrants", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/diljit-dosanjh-on-jimmy-fallon-a-history-lesson-in-canadas-mistreatment-of-immigrants/", question: "Punjabi music star—and Canadian crowd favourite—Diljit Dosanjh’s appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon highlighted the growing global visibility of Punjabi culture. According to the 2021 Canadian census, what percentage of Canada’s population identified as South Asian?", options: [ "4.3 percent", "5.8 percent", "7.1 percent", "10.2 percent", ], answer: "7.1 percent", correct: "Over the years, the Indian and South Asian diaspora has become a major part of Canada’s social and cultural fabric. According to Global Affairs Canada, more than 1.8 million Canadians are of Indian origin, while Statistics Canada classified South Asians as the country’s largest racialized group in the 2021 census, at nearly 2.6 million and making up 7.1 percent of Canada’s population.", incorrect: "Over the years, the Indian and South Asian diaspora has become a major part of Canada’s social and cultural fabric. According to Global Affairs Canada, more than 1.8 million Canadians are of Indian origin, while Statistics Canada classified South Asians as the country’s largest racialized group in the 2021 census, at nearly 2.6 million and making up 7.1 percent of Canada’s population.", }, { title: "America Doesn’t Need to Invade Canada. It Has Our Data", url: "https://thewalrus.ca/america-doesnt-need-to-invade-canada-it-has-our-data/", question: "The pursuit of digital sovereignty is closely connected to Indigenous governance and the harms of historical patterns of data extraction. First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities in Canada have advocated for systems that respect their authority over cultural and community information. In the context of Indigenous data sovereignty, what does the acronym OCAP stand for?", options: [ "Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession", "Oversight, Consent, Authorization, and Protection", "Organization, Custody, Administration, and Privacy", "Operational Control, Accountability, and Preservation", ], answer: "Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession", correct: "Information about Canada’s First Nations communities and culture belongs to them, which is why the First Nations Information Governance Centre was founded in 2010 to assert data sovereignty. The centre is the custodian of the Principles of OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession). For Metis communities, that information is not OCAP-based but Metis-citizenship-based and subject to Metis governance concepts.", incorrect: "Information about Canada’s First Nations communities and culture belongs to them, which is why the First Nations Information Governance Centre was founded in 2010 to assert data sovereignty. The centre is the custodian of the Principles of OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession). For Metis communities, that information is not OCAP-based but Metis-citizenship-based and subject to Metis governance concepts.", }, ];