“The administration has made it very clear, both to us and publicly, that they are not overly preoccupied with Canada in terms of much of their protectionism and much of the rhetoric they’ve put out,” Mr. Trudeau said in Saskatchewan.

In The Upshot, Neil Irwin looked into what Mr. Trump could do and what new talks might produce.

“This won’t be a one-way street,” Mr. Irwin wrote in his analysis. “Both Canada and Mexico expect concessions from the United States in return for concessions they make. And some of the things that the Mexican government most covets will rankle many Trump supporters.”

Express Entry From St. John’s Newfoundland, Craig S. Smith reports on how Canada is luring international students “as part of a government strategy to reshape Canadian demographics by funneling well educated, skilled workers through the university system.”

Survivor Chick Webster had a modest career as a National Hockey League player with the New York Rangers. In fact, he never scored a goal. But he has recently become a bit of a sports celebrity. Mr. Webster, who turned 96 in November, is believed to be the oldest living N.H.L. player.

Curtis Rush and the photographer Ian Willms visited Mr. Webster at his home in Mattawa, Ontario, a logging town on an exceptionally beautiful stretch of the Ottawa River. “Webster does not like to talk about the Rangers too much because, he said, they did not treat him very well,” Mr. Rush wrote in The New York Times. “When he broke his wrist, they sent him down to the farm team in New Haven, at lower pay, and never called him back.”

Your thoughts Mr. Trudeau’s vacation on the Aga Khan’s private island and his participation in Liberal Party fund-raisers have attracted a lot of attention from the news media in Canada. Last week, many readers of this newsletter responded to my request for their thoughts on this. Most wrote that it either wasn’t an issue or wasn’t a significant problem.

“These ethics investigations are wonderfully unimportant,” Ross Johnson wrote from Edmonton, Alberta. “It shows just how mature and steady Canada is: If this is the best we can do in the scandal department, then there really is nothing going on up here.”