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Fight strongmen with 'better stories,' says Obama

Obama's talk touched on everything from his memories of his first visit to Ottawa, and the cookies in his likeness that are still sold in the Byward Market, to reflections on parenting, feminism, his famous 2004 convention speech, his wife Michelle Obama — and the current NBA finals matchup, featuring a Canadian team, the Toronto Raptors, for the first time.
Anthony Housefather, House of Commons, justice committee, Jody Wilson-Raybould

Sources say Trudeau rejected Wilson-Raybould's conservative pick for high court

Only once before in Canadian history — in 1906, when Sir Wilfrid Laurier appointed his justice minister to the top judicial job — has a prime minister chosen a chief justice who was not already sitting on the Supreme Court. Wilson-Raybould’s pick puzzled Trudeau but he became disturbed after doing some research into her choice’s views on the charter, sources said.