Canada Predicts Win in Softwood Dispute with U.S.: Here’s What We’re Reading

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Here’s what we’re reading today.

1. Canada says will win softwood dispute with U.S., eyes China market

“Canada will fight back against U.S. tariffs on softwood lumber and win again, top officials said on Tuesday, noting that international trade authorities have always ruled in its favour in the long dispute.

Ottawa will consider all options, including a World Trade Organization or NAFTA challenge, and help companies and workers who lose their jobs because of the move by the U.S. administration on Monday to impose duties on Canadian softwood.”

– Reuters

2. With shutdown looming, Trump is tweeting out demands. Will he stick by them?

“‘I also protect myself by being flexible. I never get too attached to one deal or one approach.’ Those words from Donald Trump’s The Art of The Deal may be giving congressional Republicans some hope this week.

“That’s because Congress is facing a midnight Friday deadline to pass legislation to keep the federal government fully open — or face a partial government shutdown precisely on President Trump’s 100th day in office.”

– NPR

3. Forced Confessions: A Victoria homicide case puts the spotlight on police interrogations

“Memories are fickle. When we replay events in our mind’s eye, small distortions sometimes expand, warping even the most treasured recollections. Memories can also be affected by new information after the fact. What we recall may feel 100 percent accurate. But that doesn’t mean it is.”

– The Walrus

4. Ivanka Gets Booed: The 3 most awkward moments from the first daughter’s panel at the W20 Women’s Summit

“Ivanka Trump’s international debut as an official adviser to President Trump is off to a rocky start. The First Daughter and newly-minted assistant to the president attended the W20… [and] received no special treatment while participating in a panel on women and entrepreneurship, fielding tough questions about her father’s attitude toward women and eliciting audible negative reactions from the crowd.”

– Vogue

5. Tom Hardy ‘arrests fleeing motorbike thief’ in London

“The Hollywood star stepped in after two teenagers on the bike crashed into a car in Richmond, south-west London, on Sunday afternoon.

They ran off before one was was grabbed by the Mad Max and Taboo star and the other was arrested by a police officer.”

– BBC