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• As a result of this, Fass Payment Solution Sdn Bhd ("Fasspay"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Soft Space, is the first acquirer in the world to deploy a live MPoC-certified SoftPOS solution.
• Solution providers that only have partial certifications will still require end-to-end certification to launch a complete live solution.
• "Despite some solution providers having announced partial MPoC certification, they still can't launch a complete live MPoC-certified solution.
• Rather than taking a piecemeal approach, Soft Space chose to focus on achieving a complete MPoC Solution certification.

• Any Canadian diplomats in India past Oct. 10 are expected to lose their immunity.
• The high-profile diplomatic crisis has confirmed rumours of longstanding tensions between the two countries over the issue of Sikh separatism in the Indian state of Punjab.

The facts so far

• Nijjar, a Canadian citizen wanted in India for alleged terrorist acts, was part of the Khalistan movement calling for a Sikh homeland separate from India’s Punjab state.
• The movement is controversial because of its organized violence against Indian officials and terrorism-motivated tactics.
• India and Canada have each expelled diplomats from their respective countries, and India has suspended visas for Canadians as the diplomatic crisis deepens.

Still to be revealed

• Trudeau has yet to reveal the “credible evidence” provided by Five Eyes linking India to the crime.
• The FBI has warned American-Sikh activists that their lives are in danger, while U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on India to co-operate with Canada and ensure “accountability” over the killing.
• But that doesn’t necessarily mean the Indian government had a hand in Nijjar’s murder.

Fraught history

• India has a painful history with separatism after it gained independence from British colonialism in 1947.
• Shortly after that, diplomatic and later militaristic crisis over Jammu and Kashmir unfolded, which culminated in two wars between India and Pakistan and several armed engagements.
• The parallel rise of Naga nationalism in neighbouring Nagaland is also a thorny issue for Indian authorities.

Existential crisis

• On the other hand, India’s secessionist movements represent an existential crisis threatening everything India has worked towards for the past 76 years.
• Nijjar’s murder, however, is also a matter of grave importance for Canada.
• But both Canada and India will need to calculate the risks and repercussions of such a high-profile diplomatic rift in a highly globalized world.

• QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 7, 2023 /CNW/ - Canadian Freelance Union President and freelance journalist Nora Loreto was denied media accreditation at the 2023 convention of the Conservative Party of Canada in Québec City.
• Loreto claims that she pressed Fischer who said repeatedly that Loreto was denied, but refused to say why.
• The party is considering two motions on what they call freedom of speech and also one motion to defund the CBC/Radio-Canada.
• At least one other journalist was similarly denied credentials: Martin Lukacs from The Breech.

• In response, CBC paused its activity on Twitter, objecting to any suggestion the government has any control over its journalism.
• Poilievre is suggesting Twitter’s designation is proof the CBC lacks editorial independence and is a Liberal government propaganda tool.

Public plea

• In early April, Poilievre made a public request to Musk to label the CBC “government-funded media,” saying Canadians should be protected against disinformation and manipulation by state media.
• From the outset, Poilievre was conflating news organizations that receive government funding as public broadcasters to state media outlets, which are controlled editorially by ruling governments.
• After the request was granted, he again took to Twitter to signal that the public broadcaster has officially been exposed as “government-funded media,” thereby suggesting that it can no longer be considered trustworthy.

Not a warning

• The “government-funded” label doesn’t appear to suggest any sort of warning or raise cause for concern about the outlet’s objectivity and independence.
• Instead, it reads simply as describing a media entity that receives funding from the government.

Grasping the nuances

• Not everyone understands the nuances of how Canadian government works and fewer recognize the complexity of the institutions that make up the administrative state, which the CBC is part of as a Crown corporation.
• Crown corporations operate similarly to large for-profit companies, but they’re public organizations that fulfil both commercial and public policy objectives.

Taxpayer funds

• The public broadcaster maintains editorial independence, regardless of what party’s in power, and receives its funding through a vote in Parliament.
• But misleading Canadians by conflating Twitter’s media account verification labels, as Poilievre has done, is not the way forward.