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With the Commons closed for business until next week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is midway through an extended international tour that began in France, where he marked the 100th anniversary of the Armistice by attending vigils in Paris and Vimy.

He also stopped by the inaugural Paris Peace Forum to voice his support for press freedom — and kind of panning social media — as well as hold impromptu tête-à-têtes with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. (Separately, not together — at least, as far as we know.)

With those events behind him, the prime ministerial jet is Singapore-bound, where Trudeau will kick off a five-day trek. He’ll make the rounds on the margins of the ASEAN (Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit, where he’ll be looking to “mend relations” a year after thorny trade talks. Kady O’Malley has more on what else we’re watching this week.

On other trade fronts, at a private dinner for world leaders hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday night, Trudeau made clear he wants to “resolve” the issue of tariffs by the end of the month. “As I’ve repeated to President Trump, I hope we’re able to resolve in the time before we meet each other in the G20 in Argentina,” he told reporters.

Ontario wants the federal government to grant some ranchers a tax deferral because of droughts in the province. Agriculture Minister Ernie Hardeman has asked his federal counterpart, Lawrence MacAulay, to allow ranchers in affected areas, including Grey County, Leeds-Grenville and Manitoulin, to access Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Livestock Tax Deferral provision because of dry conditions and feed shortages. Kelsey Johnson reports.

Still in Ontario, Progressive Conservative party sources tell the Globe and Mail that the chief of staff for former Tory leader Patrick Brown was fired on his first day at Ontario Power Generation after an intervention from one of Premier Doug Ford’s top staffers. Insiders say Ford’s chief of staff, Dean French, reached out to the head of the board of OPG and asked that Alykhan Velshi be removed from the executive role he started this fall.

Meanwhile, as MPPs returned to Queen’s Park Monday, Ford found himself facing a growing chorus claiming he tried to sweep a sex scandal “under the rug.” That comes after the sudden departures of economic development minister Jim Wilson and two senior staffers. Opposition parties say the premier tried to trick people over the real reason Wilson hightailed it from the legislature. That story from the Toronto Star.

Later this morning, Oceana Canada will release its annual fishery audit. Among the key findings this year? The number of healthy stocks are still in decline, most of Canada’s critically endangered stocks still do not have rebuilding plans in place, and a significant number of fish stocks lack sufficient data to even assess their health. Check back at iPolitics.ca later this morning when Holly Lake will have the story. [UPDATE: The story is now live.]

Return to sender? Union negotiators say there was little progress in the two-and-a-half weeks that a special mediator was assigned to the Canada Post labour dispute. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says rotating strikes will continue across the country, even as contract talks continue a day after mediator Morton Mitchnick’s mandate expired. The Canadian Press delivers the details.

HERE AND THERE

Jean-Yves Duclos , Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, is in Dartmouth, N.S., to highlight measures taken by the Government of Canada to support workers who become unemployed or leave work temporarily due to health or family pressures;

, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, is in Dartmouth, N.S., to highlight measures taken by the Government of Canada to support workers who become unemployed or leave work temporarily due to health or family pressures; Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains makes a series of announcements in Oakville, Ont. and discusses the USMCA trade deal;

makes a series of announcements in Oakville, Ont. and discusses the USMCA trade deal; Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is in Windsor, Ont., where she’ll meet with engineering students from the University of Windsor this morning, followed by a tour of the CentreLine manufacturing facility and a meeting with UNIFOR Local 444;

is in Windsor, Ont., where she’ll meet with engineering students from the University of Windsor this morning, followed by a tour of the CentreLine manufacturing facility and a meeting with UNIFOR Local 444; In Regina, Federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale will announce funding for Innovation Superclusters Initiative;

will announce funding for Innovation Superclusters Initiative; Environment Minister Catherine McKenna will participate in a roundtable with Indigenous representatives in Sidney, B.C. this morning, and will announce support for Indigenous leadership in nature protection and species at risk. This afternoon, she’ll go on a

hike with stakeholders and youth to highlight the importance of nature and protected areas;

will participate in a roundtable with Indigenous representatives in Sidney, B.C. this morning, and will announce support for Indigenous leadership in nature protection and species at risk. This afternoon, she’ll go on a hike with stakeholders and youth to highlight the importance of nature and protected areas; Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould makes an innovation funding announcement this morning in Vancouver on behalf of Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

AROUND THE WORLD

“Tell your boss.” With those three words uttered in a phone call, Turkey believes a link has been made between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The call came from a member of the kill team shortly after Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, and instructed a superior to “tell your boss,” believed to be the prince, that the deed was done. As the New York Times reports, Turkish intelligence officers have told U.S. officials they believe that a security officer who frequently travelled with the prince was speaking to one of his aides.

Yesterday, Trudeau confirmed Canadian intelligence officials have heard the recording of Khashoggi’s murder.

Is a great deception afoot? Although Trump declared yesterday that the nuclear threat posed by North Korea is over, the New York Times reports that satellite images from 16 hidden ballistic missile sites would suggest otherwise. In fact, it appears things have gotten worse since the pair got together for their fawn-fest of a summit in June.

Still with Trump, after skipping a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France Saturday due to rain — something that drew much mockery and criticism, including from Nicholas Soames, a British politician and grandson of Winston Churchill. Yesterday, Trump cancelled a Veterans Day trip to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The visit has become a tradition, but Monday morning the White House put on a “travel lid,” which meant Trump wouldn’t be venturing outside. Rain wasn’t forecast until last night. Instead he spent the day tweeting.

If you’ve been making wagers on who will make their White House exit next and had your money on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, congratulations. The Washington Post reported yesterday she’ll be ousted as early as this week, though word is White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is fighting to keep her. It seems even putting kids in cages at the border couldn’t keep her in Trump’s good books.

Nearly a week after the ballots were cast in the midterm election, Kyrsten Sinema has been declared the winner in Arizona’s Senate race. Her win gives the state its first Democratic senator in 25 years. Sinema defeated Republican Rep. Martha McSally in the battle to replace GOP Sen. Jeff Flake.

In California, 44 people have now lost their lives in the Camp Fire, which has become the deadliest in the state’s history. In all, more than 150,000 people have been displaced and more than 1,040 square kilometres have been destroyed. Canadian singer Neil Young, who lost his Malibu home in the blaze, tore into Trump in a blog post Sunday, after the president sent a tweet that blamed the blazes on poor forest management. “It really is time for a reckoning with this unfit leader,” Young wrote, accusing him of ignoring science in favour of “his own, convenient opinion.”

“California is vulnerable — not because of poor forest management as DT (our so-called president) would have us think,” he continued. “We are vulnerable because of Climate Change; the extreme weather events and our extended drought is part of it.”

Across the pond, with the clock ticking, word is negotiations over the U.K.’s departure from the EU are “now in the endgame.” Prime Minister Theresa May has said talks were “immensely difficult,” but the sides would work “through the night” to make progress. She will address her cabinet today, with some ministers believed to want a change of plan. The main sticking point is how to keep trade flowing at the Irish border.

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FINALLY

In an interview published yesterday, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek talked about his meeting with Justin Trudeau — and how he thought the prime minister kept it from hitting the hour-long mark. Trebek said, “He has a buzzer under his shirt that he can use to signal his assistants when it’s time to come and get him.” While that would have garnered a few points for slyness, it turns out it’s not the case. The PMO messaged the writer a short time later, and response was: “Hi Sean… it’s false.”

We’ll take disappointed for $400, Alex.

Have a good day, anyway.