(0:00 - 6:40) Good evening, I'm Will Dove and these are the top stories for Monday, April 15th. A Japanese newspaper report claiming Honda is considering shifting production from Canada to the U.S. has been disputed by Canadian officials. The report suggests the move is in response to President Trump's 25% tariffs on imported vehicles. The Nikkei newspaper in Japan reported today that Honda is considering shifting some of its car production to the U.S. to avoid President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on imported vehicles. According to the article, Honda aims to increase the percentage of cars it sells in the U.S. that are made within the country from about 70% to 90%. This potential shift would affect the production of CRVs and Civics currently manufactured in Canada and could impact Honda's plant in Alliston, Ontario. The facility employs approximately 4,200 people and produced about 375,000 vehicles in 2023. However, Canadian government officials have strongly pushed back against the report, claiming it is inaccurate. In addition, Honda released a statement this afternoon denying the claim. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has also responded to the report, stating that the President of Honda Canada told him the report was inaccurate. According to Ford and his office, while Honda does want to increase its U.S. production, it does not plan to do so at the expense of Canadian production. Ford's office further added that Honda has assured them the Alliston plant is still operating at full capacity and no job losses are expected. Even if Honda is not leaving Canada as the tariff war continues, we can expect to see Canadian companies moving production south of the border. Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis is warning Canadian voters about a Liberal government plan that she claims would penalize religious charities that don't align with progressive values on issues like abortion and LGBT ideology. In a recent statement, Lewis highlighted what she describes as a dangerous Liberal policy that would revoke the charitable status of organizations based on their religious beliefs. According to Lewis, the policy would specifically target groups that oppose abortion or refuse to affirm LGBT ideology, potentially affecting thousands of Canadian charities. The Liberals have made it clear that they will use the power of government to discriminate against religious Canadians, Lewis stated. In her X posts, she points out that 40% of the 85,000 charities in Canada are religious organizations. She also referenced a Cardus study showing that if these charities lose their status, Canadians would lose $16.5 billion in services. Lewis, who represents the Ontario riding of Haldimand Norfolk, warned that the Liberal government's plan would have far-reaching consequences for religious organizations across Canada. She argued that many churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, and faith-based charities would face financial hardship if their charitable status were revoked, as donors would no longer receive tax receipts for their contributions. The Conservative MP emphasized that the policy would particularly impact vulnerable Canadians who rely on services provided by religious charities. These organizations feed the hungry, house the homeless, and care for the sick, Lewis noted, adding that they fill gaps where government services fall short. Lewis contrasted the Liberal approach with the Conservative Party's stance under Pierre Poilievre, stating that Conservatives would protect the charitable status of religious organizations regardless of their beliefs. She characterized the Liberal policy as an attack on religious freedom and called on Canadians to reject what she termed ideological discrimination. The MP's warning comes amid ongoing tensions between religious organizations and the Liberal government over various social policies. Lewis urged Canadians to consider the implications of such policies when casting their votes in future elections, framing the issue as a fundamental question of religious liberty in Canadian society. The UK Ministry of Justice has completed development of a controversial algorithm designed to predict which criminals might later commit murder, raising the specter of enforcement on the innocent, as it was portrayed in the 2002 Tom Cruise movie Minority Report, where psychics predicted when a person would commit a crime and they were arrested before the fact. But now the UK wants to do the same thing with AI. The tool, originally named the Homicide Prediction Project, is now called the Sharing Data to Improve Risk Assessment. Led by the Ministry of Justice in collaboration with Greater Manchester Police, the Home Office, and Metropolitan Police, the project began in January 2023 and was completed in December 2024, according to documents obtained by civil liberties group Statewatch through the Freedom of Information Act. While the system has been developed, it reportedly has not yet been deployed. The algorithm builds upon existing risk prediction systems, such as the Offender Assessment System, which has been used since 2001 to forecast recidivism and inform legal decisions. However, the new project's scope is significantly broader, potentially utilizing data on up to half a million people, including some with no criminal history. Despite officials' assertions that the project remains in a research phase, uncovered documents suggest plans for future deployment. The project involves increased collaboration across government agencies and police forces to enhance the data set driving these predictions. Statewatch has raised serious ethical concerns about the predictive model's potential for systemic bias. Sofia Lyall from Statewatch described the algorithm project as chilling and dystopian, calling for an immediate halt to its development. Time and again, research shows that algorithmic systems for predicting crime are inherently flawed, she said, highlighting the risk of creating profiles of potential criminals before any crime is committed. The development comes amid existing concerns about bias in the UK justice system. Critics have pointed out that such predictive models could exacerbate discrimination against certain demographic groups, particularly those already facing structural discrimination in the UK criminal justice system. This project represents a significant step in the application of artificial intelligence and data analytics in law enforcement, raising fundamental questions about civil liberties, privacy and the ethics of predictive policing in modern society. (6:41 - 6:58) And you can be sure if when they implement this system in the UK, if Canada is still under liberal control, we won't be far behind. I'm Will Dove and those are the top stories for Tuesday, April 15th. Be sure to check out our daily audio news report for the rest of the news.