With this move, the federal Liberals and their provincial associates demonstrated their tone-deafness to modern currents of populism in a way that could bode poorly for Canada's political future.
The federal Liberals will create a new advisory board, chaired by former prime minister Kim Campbell, to select new Supreme Court judges to bring "rigour and responsibility" to the process.
Trudeau launched the application process for the council on Twitter, then spent an hour taking questions on the social media site about how the council will work.
The truck attack that killed at least 84 people in Nice is "insane" and highlights the unpredictability of terrorist-related incidents, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said Friday.
The prime minister flew into Lviv in western Ukraine before driving to a nearby military base for a look at the work of 200 Canadian soldiers who have trained the Ukrainian army since the summer.
Trudeau is the third prime minister to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau, after Jean Chretien and Stephen Harper. The stop came between the weekend's NATO summit in nearby Warsaw and his arrival in Ukraine.
Canada is promising more cash to Afghanistan — while some of its allies plan to keep troops in the country to help it deal with an escalating insurgency.
There is a new relationship between the two parties, one labour leaders describe as being open and collaborative, but there are pressure points that are beginning to show in the Canada Post dispute.