It was a gorgeous Remembrance Day in Ottawa, and Laureen Harper could be heard on camera remarking that this was probably the nicest Remembrance Day she’s ever seen here. Some 50,000 people turned out for the ceremony in the Nation’s Capital, which also saw the re-dedication of the War Memorial to feature the dates of the Boer War and the Afghanistan mission, along with the phrase “In the Service of Canada,” which captures the other peace-keeping operations and missions that our soldiers have been deployed on. The Governor General delivered his speech, and Princess Anne delivered a message from the Queen for the re-dedication. John Geddes writes about why this year felt different than others past. Stephen Saideman writes about how Canada does Remembrance Day better than the Americans do Veterans Day (and Memorial Day). Maclean’s has some photos of ceremonies around Canada and the world.

The National War Memorial Ottawa. @CdnPress photo by @SKPhotography pic.twitter.com/HxqgWMrhqA

— The Canadian Press Politics (@CdnPressPoli) November 11, 2014

Joe Oliver will deliver his fiscal update today, which he has previously promised won’t be a mini-budget, and which Harper has previously insisted there will still be a small deficit (because you know, they can’ t balance it before the election year). While people keep taking about the projected surplus next year, and will be looking to this update to fill them in on it, remember that it rests on a continued programme of austerity. And then there is the Parliamentary Budget Officer saying that the income splitting tax credit has pretty much left the cupboard bare, while we also keep on eye on the threat of falling oil revenues…

Our CF-18s hit ISIS artillery positions in Northern Iraq yesterday.

On the harassment file, MPs approved a policy regarding employees in 2001, but didn’t include themselves. Which is actually fairly appropriate because MPs aren’t employees, and it would require a whole other paradigm to deal with. Not to mention there was more or less an unofficial process, but it was handled in the back rooms, largely by leaders and whips, and nobody was any wiser for it. That’s part of what’s different this time around. Alheli Picazo writes that the discussion we’re having on sexual harassment can’t simply descend into an “all men are predators” narrative, as that silences the voices of male victims of harassment and assault, who tend to be even more marginalised as it is.

It’s been nearly a year since the coroner’s inquest into the death of Ashley Simpson, and the federal department of corrections has yet to issue a formal response to dozens of recommendations. Try to look surprised, everyone!

The election of nominally Keystone XL-friendly Senators in the US midterm elections may not mean the project will get approved any faster, as a number of lawsuits around the pipeline are in the works.

Someone who signed up with the federal Liberals is dismayed after seeing the nomination process up close and wants to walk away from it all for good. Sigh. These kinds of stories annoy me because this kind of disengagement is why we have the problems we do. Rather than stick around to do something about any problems, they would rather walk away and let problems fester. Because that’s always the solution to problems.

The passage of Bill C-36 has Madeline Ashby reminding us of what criminalising sex workers has wrought us in the past, done in the name of protecting them, and raises worrying concerns about the “re-education camps” for sex workers, like one run by the Salvation Army in rural Manitoba, which is getting some of the funds allocated in the bill.

And Patricia Treble lists why she picks Princess Anne as her favourite Royal. Here’s a photo of the Princess Royal receiving another Canadian Forces decoration from the GG.

I presented HRH Princess Royal with the 3rd clasp of the @CanadianForces. #RoyalTour pic.twitter.com/HN4FH7NKok

— Governor General of Canada (@GGCanada) November 11, 2014