Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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m Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau collected an honorary doctorate and met Queen Elizabeth II during a trip to Scotland. Trudeau visited the queen Wednesday at her Edinburgh residence, the Palace of Holyroodho­use. Trudeau’s office said the meeting was intended to “honor the queen’s importance to Canada’s history and to thank her for her continued dedication to Canada.” The 91-year-old queen is Canada’s head of state. Trudeau also received an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh and praised the strong partnershi­p between Scotland and Canada. Trudeau, whose maternal grandfathe­r was Scottish, said “15 percent of Canadians have Scottish roots, so Canadians, including me, have a strong link and affinity with Scots.” The Canadian leader was on his way to Group of 20 summit that is being held Friday and Saturday in Hamburg, Germany.

m Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and a senior adviser, defended a White House proposal to mandate paid leave for new parents in a letter to the editor published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal. The paper had previously criticized the plan by Donald Trump’s administra­tion “as bad policy and worse politics” that would increase taxes on businesses. The plan would be funded through unemployme­nt insurance. Ivanka Trump’s said in a response, “Providing a national guaranteed paid-leave program — with a reasonable time limit and benefit cap — isn’t an entitlemen­t, it’s an investment in America’s working families.”

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