Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
India will "buy whatever Canada is offering" when it comes to oil, gas and uranium, the country's high commissioner in Ottawa has said ahead of Mark Carney's arrival in Mumbai today. Dinesh Patnaik said "there is an appetite which even Canada cannot fulfill" in India, adding: "You're an energy superpower but you only supply one country." That could be changing, Patnaik said, and India "would be your biggest client." He also alluded to the government of Justin Trudeau, explaining: "The perception from India was Canada was a difficult country, a more bureaucratic, over-regulated country."
Energy-hungry India tells Carney 'we are willing to buy whatever Canada is offering.' India needs oil, natural gas and uranium — and fast, high commissioner says on eve of PM's visit, @JPTasker reports https://t.co/ajVf6Ud69I
— National Newswatch (@natnewswatch) February 27, 2026
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China, meanwhile, announced today it will suspend its 100 per cent tariffs on Canadian canola meal and pea imports as well as its 25 per cent tariffs on lobster and crab imports between March 1 and Dec. 31. The communist government, however, did not mention the tariff on canola seed tariffs, which Mark Carney had previously said would also be lowered on March 1. The analyst Even Rogers Pay added :"Chinese buyers have been booking Canadian canola cargoes for March already."
China suspending some agricultural tariffs on Canada starting March 1 https://t.co/YLSiMLGiix
— calgarynews (@calgarynews) February 27, 2026
US tech firm OpenAI – which has been blamed by the BC and Canadian governments for failing to prevent the Tumbler Ridge massacre earlier this month – has said the murderer got around a ban on his ChatGPT account by simply opening another one. OpenAI said it only discovered Jesse Van Rootselaar's second account after the RCMP released the man's name. It comes after the Liberal government said in the wake of the massacre that all options are "on the table" when it comes to regulating AI.
OpenAI says Tumbler Ridge shooter evaded ban with second ChatGPT account. https://t.co/C3q18VqW4I
— CityNews Edmonton (@CityNewsYEG) February 26, 2026
All children aged between two and 10 years old should be screened for high cholesterol, the Canadian Paediatric Society has said. Plaque buildup in the arteries starts in childhood, the group said, and causes heart disease and stroke. High cholesterol can be screened with a blood test.
Screen all kids between 2 and 10 for high cholesterol, pediatric society recommends.https://t.co/A5ytW6RcXZ
— Barrie 360 (@Barrie360) February 27, 2026
The Green Party in the UK has won a high-profile by-election in a safe Labour seat, prompting warnings about sectarianism and the dire state of the governing party's popularity in its heartlands. Amid accusations of "family voting" – a patriarch deciding an entire family's vote – the second-placed candidate said "a dangerous Muslim sectarianism has emerged," adding: "We are losing our country." The Greens, meanwhile, have been attacked for releasing campaign materials in the South Asian language of Urdu.
Take the Greens’ Urdu election ad urging voters in Gorton and Denton, where only 82 per cent speak English as their main language, to elect Hannah Spencer in Thursday’s by-election.
— The Spectator (@spectator) February 26, 2026
It’s easy to mistake this for inclusivity or good intentions but it is neither. Addressing the… pic.twitter.com/pmo0hF7u3n
