Verified brief — 25 September 2026

West Coast oil pipeline Gazette national-interest comment window is closed pending a listing decision, Québec’s 5 October vote puts permanent-admission targets from 35k to 70k on the capacity ledger, and C-39 second-reading debate resumes — plus still-live Big Six tokenized deposits, Ottawa Safe Access zones, Oregon prisons, and ZEV clocks.

Published Sep 25, 2026, 7:00 a.m. EDT

Item 1
West Coast Oil Pipeline: Canada Gazette Part I (1 Aug) national-interest notice — public comments closed 18 Sep; ~1 Mb/d Bruderheim–Delta concept still not on Schedule 1.
Read the article →Canada Gazette / Building Canada Act
Item 2
Québec election (polling day 5 Oct): final Radio-Canada debate restated permanent-admission pledges spanning ~35k (PQ) to 70k (QS), with CAQ/PCQ near 45k.
Read the article →Élections Québec / CBC / PQ.org
Item 3
Ottawa (24 Sep): Bill C-39 Building Canada Strong Act — second-reading debate resumed (Journals Sitting 143); still not law.
Read the article →House Journals
Item 4
Big Six banks (22 Sep): jointly exploring CAD tokenized-deposit solutions for interbank use — exploration only, not a Bank of Canada retail CBDC launch.
Read the article →
Item 5
Ottawa: Safe Access By-law in force since 1 Aug; September designated-facility list posted then corrected after address errors (50 m zones).
Read the article →
Item 6
Manitoba: Border Land School Division declines the PE/HE curriculum pilot to review accommodations before the planned 2028 province-wide mandate; Kinew opt-out pledge stands.
Read the article →
Item 7
Ninth Circuit (17 Sep): vacates Oregon class injunction presuming housing male inmates identifying as women in the women’s prison (S.D. v. Reese).
Read the article →
Item 8
Public Safety (21 Sep): National Action Plan auto-theft update cites further MV-theft declines and CBSA intercepts — pair with C-14 bail/sentencing tools already in force.
Read the article →Public Safety CNW
Item 9
Canada ZEV mandate repeal still Gazette Part I — comments close 29 Oct 2026.
Read the article →
Item 10
UK Online Safety Act: Meta’s Category 1 Instagram/WhatsApp Upper Tribunal appeal remains pending.
Read the article →
Item 11
Canada C-34 Safe Social Media Act still at second reading with no recorded second-reading activity.
Read the article →
Item 12
IRCC 2026–28 levels: temporary arrivals cut toward NPR under 5% by end-2027 — stock ≠ arrival targets; contrast with Québec threshold debate.
Read the article →
Item 13
May Canada–Alberta industrial-carbon pathway still the MOU companion to the West Coast pipeline Gazette notice — not a permit.
Read the article →
Item 14
Fact check still stands: no verified nationwide Canadian trucker diesel strike for 1 Oct.
Read the article →