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Fields and opponents of the national carbon tax The Trudeau government will unveil how it will impose a carbon price on provinces that have not complied with its climate plan. Prime Minister Justin Trudeauwith the Minister of the Environment Catherine McKenna and Minister of Finance Bill Morneau will be in Toronto with big promises of big discount checks to offset the tax in Ontario. (Canadian Press)

The trio will go to Etobicoke, the heart of the Ford nation at 10:30 am ET do their pitch. Other similar announcements will be made in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick, which together with Ontario have joined forces fight Trudeau's carbon tax in court.

In the meantime, NDP Premier Rachel Notley is asking questions, since Trudeau was about to buy a pipeline for Canadians. maybe he would be interested in getting into the rail oil business as wellat least until the price differential between Canadian and US oil narrows: "We need more cars. We need to order more locomotives to carry more cars on the rail.. This is the bottom line. There are other ideas, but I think the rail is one of the most immediate. (Calgary Herald)

A day after Germany stopped its military exports to Saudi Arabia following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Trudeau said the option was on the table for Canada too, although he stopped before actually acting: "We had already frozen export permits, while we feared their misuse and we will not hesitate to redo it. Last year, Canada sent $ 1.37 billion worth of goods to Saudi Arabia last year, mainly armored vehicles. (Bloomberg)

Calling this a "Solidarity demonstration" Liberal MPs supported Conservative motion calling on Trudeau government to develop plan 45 days to deal with Canadians who fought alongside ISIS. (Global News)

Stop us if you've heard this one, but the Phoenix payment system is a mess. A new report by the Auditor General, Michael Ferguson, said the federal pay system continues to be a "significant problem" in Ottawa's balance sheet. In all, $ 615 million in incorrect payments were made last yearr. In other words, nothing has improved. By the way, here's a video to help you understand how the Phoenix mess was born. (IPolitics)

Ferguson's report accompanied the publication of Canada's annual public accounts, which showed Ottawa is in an indulgent mood – up to $ 6.3 billion. This is the total amount of bad debts that the federal government waives, including. Among the losses: a $ 2.6 billion loan long forgotten to a dead Chrysler arm this was done as part of the rescue of the car company in 2009. It's a reminder of the black hole of information that corporate social benefits fall so often into after they are announced. (Canadian Press)

Trudeau told Quebec television that he never saw himself using marijuana again, after realizing that he was using marijuana a few years ago. But Trudeau is not the only one to apparently swear pot. Investors who led marijuana stocks to obscene highs before legalization pot stocks have fled en mbade since. A fund that follows the sector fell 12 percent Monday and paid a quarter of a billion dollars in value over the last week. (Globe and Mail)