Morning Update: Carney’s to-do list in China

Good morning. After years of frosty relations, Ottawa is testing whether a Beijing reset is worth the domestic and diplomatic fallout – more on that below, along with ICE clashes in Minnesota and the shrinking public service. Bur first:

• Iran hints at fast trials and executions of protesters as the death toll exceeds 2,500
• As Venezuela begins releasing prisoners, a Manitoba man held there since 2013 seeks Ottawa’s help
• An Ontario court seeks the arrest of a man in a $10-million music-industry heist case