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Canadian politician Bill Oliver has gone viral after he appeared to accidentally read AI-generated editing instructions aloud, not once, but twice, during a speech to lawmakers in early June.

It's important to remember that the "Progressive" in that party's name has very, very little to do with what the word represents in today's politics. John Bracken (Manitoba Premier 1922-1943) led the province's agrarian Progressive Party (22-32), then the merged Liberal-Progressive Party (32-43).

He became leader of the original federal Conservative Party in '42, and made it the Progressive Conservative Party. Provincial Conservative parties followed suit. The federal PCs merged w/Alliance (i.e. Reform) to form the new Conservative Party of Canada in '03, but 7 provincial PC parties remain.