Losing ground: Northern communities seek solutions for threatened cemeteries

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to appoint close friend and investment banker Mark Wiseman as Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. is leaving a sour taste in the mouths of Quebecers because of his affiliation with the Century Initiative, which has lobbied for mass immigration by 2100, and his criticism of supply management. But will this nomination realistically hurt Carney’s relationship with the province that gave him 44 MPs in the last election — almost granting him his coveted majority? Michel Breau, who spent a decade working for Liberal ministers Mélanie Joly and...