Morning Update: A page in Poilievre’s playbook

Good morning. I’m Stephanie Levitz, a senior reporter in The Globe’s Ottawa bureau. We’re nearing the end of what’s called “silly season” here in Ottawa – the final few days before MPs go home for the holidays. I’ll look at what the past few weeks of cross-border tension have meant for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. More on that below, plus new interest-rate cuts and old galaxies. But first:Today’s headlines

• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes another bid to recruit former central banker Mark Carney
• Credited with igniting Syria’s civil war, ‘Graffiti Kid’ recasts his role in history
• Ontario teacher reprimanded after speaking to author Lawrence Hill about being told to not teach The Book of Negroes
• Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador strike a new deal on Churchill Falls hydroelectric project