ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } MP, Rights Groups Urge Action on Gaps Identified in Foreign Interference Inquiry Report – BCI 24 News Network
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MP, Rights Groups Urge Action on Gaps Identified in Foreign Interference Inquiry Report

28 February 2025 4:20 AM
BCI 24 News Network

Rights advocates and diaspora community representatives gathered in Ottawa on Feb. 27, urging the federal government to take stronger action on foreign interference and implement the recommendations of the Foreign Interference Commission.
Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue released the final report last month, following more than a year of investigations on the impact of election interference and transnational repression by regimes such as China. The report includes 51 recommendations, several of which Hogue suggested should be implemented before the next election to strengthen transparency and fairness in the electoral process.
“While [Hogue’s] recommendations to the government are a good start, there are gaps to be dealt with, and more government action is needed urgently,” Gloria Fung, president of Canada-Hong Kong Link, said at the Feb. 27 press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Fung is also a leader of the advocacy group Canadian Coalition for a Foreign Influence Transparency Registry, which, along with the Human Rights Coalition, is making the call for strong action….