'Richly observed' profiles on death row

🔮 Each person is “richly observed and beautifully rendered,” The Boston Globe says, adding that it’s a “thoughtful book that will challenge readers’ assumptions about guilt, justice, and transformation.”

🔮 Fisheries minister travelling to China ahead of lobster, crab tariff deadline Market access for Canadian fish, seafood and deepening trade relations are key priorities, spokesperson says Canada's fisheries minister will be travelling to China at the end of the month, ahead of a looming tariff deadline affecting the lobster and crab industries. As part of an agreement in January, China suspended a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian lobster and crab until the end of the year.

🔮 The federal government will announce plans to help fund new infrastructure, equipment and recruitment efforts by unions and other organizations to train workers as part of a major funding announcement expected on Thursday.

🔮 Liberal MP says he was demoted for supporting NDP bill targeting arms export controls P.E.I. MP says he was warned that move would mean losing parliamentary secretary role Charlottetown MP Sean Casey says he was removed from his position as parliamentary secretary to the minister of veterans affairs because he supported an NDP private member's bill that targeted arms exports to Israel. In March, Casey said he was warned by the Liberal whip that if he supported NDP MP Jenny Kwan's Bill C-233, known as the No More Loopholes Act, then he would be relieved of his duties.

🔮 Government criticized in past for using existing Labour Code authority to force arbitration The Liberal government's marquee fall legislation is expected to strengthen a controversial section of the Labour Code, two senior government sources tell CBC News.

🔮 It remains unclear whether LeBlanc will meet again with his counterpart, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

🔮 Senior government official says LeBlanc will meet with U.S. senators, industry leaders Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is back in Washington, D.C., for another slate of meetings as the latest U.S. tariff threat is just over two weeks away.