Justin Trudeau says Syrian refugees brought to Canada on the first large government flight will always remember how they were received. The prime minister welcomed refugees at Toronto's Pearson airport early Friday morning.
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POLITICS BRIEFING
By Chris Hannay (@channay)
> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory, among others, met refugees when they arrived at Toronto's Pearson airport late last night.
> Finance Minister Bill Morneau will make an announcement at 9:30 a.m. (ET) today.
> "An 11-year-old child looked at me and said, 'Well, I'm native.' She said, 'And I'm a girl … Mommy, does that mean I'm in danger?'" Dawn Lavell-Harvard, president of the Native Women's Association of Canada, explains the urgency behind a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, as cabinet ministers meet with families in Ottawa today.
> The politics of design: government websites that were blue are slowly turning red.
> Ottawa may reach outside Canada to find an expert who can get shipbuilding into shape.
> Pamela Wallin, whose suspension from the Senate expired with the election call, is back. And her colleagues say they have little appetite to suspend her again.
> The Bloc Québécois is blocking an attempt to get a parliamentary committee moving as soon as possible to update Canada's assisted-dying laws. The Bloc is protesting the fact that they don't get a seat on the committee, as the caucus is too small to be recognized as an official party in the House.
> "I'm like a clapping minion," Ontario MPP Michael Harris says. That's why he and others are trying to ban applause and heckling in legislative chambers. (for subscribers)
> And Sophie Grégoire is now known as Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, an unusual move for a woman from Quebec. Ingrid Peritz explains.
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WHAT EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT
"Thursday's rushed operation to get the first planeload of Syrian refugees on its way to Canada was further proof, if any more was needed, that the resettlement program – while very well-intentioned – is infected by concerns about style that at times trump substance. That Beirut-to-Toronto airlift, while apparently successful, had the feel of having been made up on the back of an envelope." – Mark MacKinnon (for subscribers) on the view from Jordan.
Simon Houpt (Globe and Mail): "Last month, Justin Trudeau became the Prime Minister of Canada. Now, he's campaigning to win over the rest of the world, one McLuhan-inspired image at a time."
Jeffrey Simpson (Globe and Mail): "Those who want an inquiry into murdered and missing aboriginal women are asking for something completely ill-suited to a traditional public inquiry." (for subscribers)
Tim Harper (Toronto Star): "But like an old rocker on a farewell tour, Duffy still has some powerful licks."
Don Martin (CTV): "Since claiming the interim job in late October, [Rona Ambrose] has become the refreshing tonic for a party ailing in the aftermath of its unexpected electoral comeuppance."
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