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POLITICS BRIEFING
So by now you know that voters in the United Kingdom have narrowly decided to leave the European Union. British Prime Minister David Cameron will step down in the next few months and the markets don't look good. "Inevitably, there will be a period of uncertainty and adjustment following this result," said Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, formerly of Canada's central bank. Justin Trudeau says he's sorry to see Mr. Cameron go, but that Canada will figure out its relations with the two entities as they separate. Donald Trump, who happens to be in Scotland today, said voters "took back their country," while Bernie Sanders says he'll do anything it takes – even voting for Hillary Clinton – to prevent Mr. Trump from becoming president. Canadian conservatives are touting the vote as an excellent example of democracy.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW IN OTTAWA
> Canada should not try to cap the number of refugees coming in from Mexico, human rights groups say. The federal government signalled it may do so in compensation for raising visa restrictions on Mexican travellers.
> Estimates indicate federal coffers could lose $1-billion a year in forgone tax revenues from the expansion of the Canada Pension Plan.
> Ottawa is bringing together representatives from provincial and municipal governments to figure out what to do about Canada's real estate market.
> And how a personal tragedy got Eleanor McMahon into advocacy and politics. Ms. McMahon was recently made a new member of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's cabinet.
WHAT EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT
Amira Elghawaby (Globe and Mail): "That a champion of women's rights – including those of Muslim women who want to function within Islamic strictures (as varied and diverse as interpretations of those strictures are) – is in an Iranian prison, is particularly shameful. It is from this perspective that pressure can be brought to bear on the Iranian government by our elected officials. Under no circumstances should an academic (or anyone else for that matter) be held in an infamous prison without charge or evidence of any wrongdoing."
Jeffrey Simpson (Globe and Mail): "Pension reform was a signature triumph of prime minister Jean Chrétien's first government. Now, pension reform has become an early triumph of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's first government. Pension reform sounds easy, but it is not. For who, after all, can be against "reform?" Actually, a lot of people, and institutions." (for subscribers)
Don Martin (CTV): "Reports of [Jason] Kenney's imminent decision to try and reunite a fractious pair of right-leaning Progressive Conservative and Wild Rose parties are highly speculative, but Kenney is not in total denial of interest in the idea. It's a mission unlikely, but not impossible. The spectre of a prolonged losing streak by vote-splitting Alberta opposition parties is a powerful incentive to twin these hostile siblings."
Gary Mason (Globe and Mail): "It is also fair to say many within the new power circle running the [Alberta Progressive Conservatives] are not enamoured with the man or his ideology. There is a view that a social conservative such as [Jason] Kenney is precisely the wrong person to be leading a revived Conservative party in the province. Several Tory insiders I spoke to believe the right person has to be a fiscal conservative with a more progressive, centrist mindset when it comes to social issues – one who reflects the changing demographic nature of the province itself."
Paul Wells (Toronto Star): "None of this amounts to an argument that Kenney is the wrong man for the task. He's smart, widely read and travelled, almost comically hardworking, and was a key contributor to Harper's success, when Harper was successful. Like Harper, he would run near the right end of the leadership spectrum. You could argue that would make him more attractive to Wildrose members after he wins the PC leadership. But it's debatable whether you can win the leadership these days from the right."
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Chris Hannay