Good morning. Prime Minister Mark Carney is trying to sell the idea of an alliance with the EU. More on that below, along with new documents from the Project South investigation and worrying AI agent mishaps.

One day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that if Canada becomes an associate member of the European Union it would be seen as a hostile act, Prime Minister Mark Carney made clear that he views a closer relationship with the EU as a way to address vulnerabilities.

The speech: Speaking to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Carney insisted that what he is proposing is a way to strengthen the sovereignty of Canada and Europe as opposed to a great-power rival. He promised to hold a series of debates and a vote in Parliament on the future relationship with the EU. But he added that the process has just started.

Up next: This weekend, Carney will join France’s President Emmanuel Macron on a small French territory off the coast of Newfoundland. France says it will be the first time a Canadian Prime Minister makes an official visit to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.

Keep reading:

• Campbell Clark: Carney’s Davos speech diagnosed the problem. His EU speech lays out the cure
• Aaron Burnett: In Strasbourg, a muted Carney reins in EU enthusiasm and gives no answers

A growing chorus of voices from Silicon Valley to Capitol Hill is calling to regulate artificial intelligence, with some even warning the technology might soon exterminate humanity. The issue has abruptly shot up the political agenda just six weeks before November’s midterm elections.

Back home: The University of Toronto learned that a tool it uses to make web links easier to share had been repurposed by OpenAI agents to communicate with one another. Researchers explain the unauthorized communication and why it’s concerning.

Multiple shooter-for-hire attacks in the Greater Toronto Area last year allegedly trace back to Toronto Police Constable Timothy Barnhardt, who investigators say repeatedly used police databases to leak information to suspected organized crime figures, according to warrant applications that led to the Project South takedown.

Quoted: “Barnhardt routinely abused his position as a police officer by selling confidential database information to criminal associates in exchange for cash,” wrote police affiant Constable Antonio D’Onofrio in the 2025 search-warrant application materials.

Catch up: Justice Laura Bird ruled Wednesday that transcripts of key recordings that led to the Project South takedown will remain under a publication ban, concluding that inflammatory comments attributed to Barnhardt would “deeply offend” the public and create an indelible impression on potential jurors.

Kerry-Lynne Findlay is vowing to lead her fractured party into a potential snap election amid mounting speculation that Premier David Eby could soon send British Columbians to the polls. The B.C. Conservative Leader addressed the Union of BC Municipalities convention in Vancouver yesterday.

The context: Nine MLAs have left the Conservative caucus since Aug. 14. The Conservative Leader said anyone who left her party is welcome to have a conversation about returning, but that it has to happen now.