Politics Briefing newsletter: Obamas unveil eye-catching portraits

Correct morning,

Stroll via the presidential artwork in the national portrait gallery in Washington, and you'll see masses of brown, gray, white, black and blue.

Go away it to barack obama to select a few aspect a little greater desirable.
mr. obama's reliable portrait, unveiled the day prior to this, is setting: the preceding president, clad in a darkish healthy without a tie, is being almost swallowed up with the aid of the usage of the thick brush of vegetation in the back of him.

Michelle obama's portrait is hanging, too, even though in its grace and modernity. (fashion has extra on why the dress she is sporting is superb.)

To this canadian observer, it all brings to mind the bold yellow historic past of jean chrétien's legitimate portrait – which actually stands out in centre block's grey, limestone corridors.

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current-day headlines

the liberal authorities is promising to take a look at how juries are selected, after a debatable verdict on friday night time time positioned gerald stanley now not responsible of murdering colten boushie. mr. boushie's own family are in ottawa, in which they met with cupboard ministers yesterday and are set to meet with prime minister justin trudeau today. an internet crowdfunding advertising marketing campaign for the own family has raised nearly $a hundred and forty,000.
the canadian government is urging iran to formally investigate the death of an iranian-canadian, who surpassed away in custody beneath unusual circumstances. iranian lawmakers insist the professor died via suicide, but the family is asking for an post-mortem.

the liberals say they've ordered a national safety review into the sale of canadian creation enterprise aecon to a first-rate chinese-country-owned firm. meanwhile, one of the combatants of the sale has been discovered to have been convicted of fraud.

an anti-place of business-harassment bill might cowl interactions outside and inside the place of business, labour minister patty hajdu says. in the meantime, the senate has stated an unbiased senator need to now not use her workplace finances to cowl the legal fees of staffers who've harassment complaints.

the federal government says it's going to make sure british columbia can not "stall or forestall" kinder morgan's trans mountain pipeline growth, which has fuelled a exchange war between b.c. and alberta. natural sources minister jim carr says the federal government will protect its jurisdiction over the pipeline venture, which the trudeau authorities has defended as being inside the countrywide hobby.

a few ndpers in vancouver are mulling bids for mayor.

b.c.'s ndp authorities is about to offer a throne speech and a finances in the next week that will unveil the long-awaited pathway closer to an low priced daycare machine. a ten-yr plan to create $10-per-day infant care changed into a signature plank of the party's election campaign ultimate 12 months, but information have been sluggish. and lots of the plan hinges on federal cash that the province has yet to secure.
leaders from eire and the u.ok. met in belfast to help break through the political stalemate in northern eire. the region has not had a central authority for more than a yr.

in september, u.s. president donald trump moved to terminate protections that prevented the  deportation of 700,000 or so undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. as children. due to the fact then, the fate of the "dreamers," as they may be usually recognised, has hung inside the stability. lawmakers have did not reach a deal on their fame, no matter opinion polling displaying that the enormous majority of the general public are in favour of granting legal reputation in a few manner. the globe's joanna slater lays out the three feasible outcomes.

the u.s. is denying a claim by way of israel that the two international locations are inside the process of discussing the latter annexing settlements in the west financial institution. the two longtime allies had been pretty close in view that mr. trump assumed office and the dismissal by way of the white house was a rare show of confrontation.

and mr. trump says that the united states cannot be taken advantage of by way of different nations. "canada does no longer deal with us right in terms of the farming and the crossing the borders," mr. trump stated.

peter shawn taylor (the globe and mail) on a soda tax: "at the same time as a soda tax may satisfy latent urges for more tax sales or as a manner to punish huge groups or overrule man or woman picks – with regards to their alleged motive of making humans thinner or more healthy, they're flat-out useless."

paul seesequasis (the globe and mail) on gerald stanley and colten boushie: "the people of saskatchewan are all treaty people. the reason of the treaties is to set up a running relationship. one in every of accept as true with and co-operation. the activities of closing week could imply that day remains a long approaches off."

john ibbitson (the globe and mail) on politicians: "however ministers of the crown can not and should now not question the verdict of a tribulation. with their prejudicial tweets, they undermined the justice gadget they're charged with upholding. and they have made it harder, no longer simpler, to fairly take a look at the jury-choice method, which the prime minister and justice minister promised to investigate monday."

vicky mochama (metro) on the justice gadget: "giving indigenous communities manage in their justice and policing gives teens a far-wanted threat to interrupt the cycle of criminalization. know-how cultural circumstances — from intentional and systematic deprivation to residential colleges to reviews with the child welfare device — might provide the courts a way to break their very own biases."

david shribman (the globe and mail) on trump's tax plan: "with expansive and high priced tax cuts and a refusal to tackle so-known as entitlements – the social protection retirement complement and the medicare fitness software for seniors – the field that republicans traditionally introduced to american budgets has disappeared in an technology where the gop controls the white residence and each homes of congress."

andrew coyne (national put up) on carbon pricing: "all [Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership candidates] claim to well known the truth of climate change, yet they refuse to do whatever significant approximately it. or wherein they do decide to do something, it is by means of the most high priced, least effective approach feasible: regulatory and subsidy packages, the type we already have in abundance at each stage of government, and that have so signally didn't make a whole lot development in reducing countrywide emissions."

margaret wente (the globe and mail) on caroline mulroney: "it's tough no longer to be just a wee bit cynical approximately caroline, of direction. like justin trudeau, she is a dynastic candidate, however with far less political enjoy than he had whilst he ran for leader. she seems to be a difficult employee and a lovable person, with a close-knit own family, a supportive partner, photogenic youngsters, and a degree from harvard. but up to now she has expressed no imaginative and prescient for ontario, and her policy positions (more resources for mental health, etc.) are in particular platitudes. perhaps some sort of vision will come to her within the subsequent couple of weeks."

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