Morning Update: Canada’s role in a two-state solution

Good morning. Canadian soldiers have spent the past two decades in the West Bank, trying to help Palestinians and Israelis work toward a two-state solution – more on that below, along with the bomb cyclone that hit the B.C. coast and TD Bank’s foray into peculiar collectible coins. But first:Today’s headlines

• Trudeau is expected to unveil GST relief in a multibillion-dollar affordability announcement today
• An expensive cystic fibrosis drug produces big savings for the health care system, a new report shows
• In raising the nuclear threat, Putin bets Trump is willing to back down on Ukraine, Mark MacKinnon writes