Trudeau’s approval declines to 37 per cent, but only one-third have favourable view of Poilievre. That said, polling firm Léger 👇 gets a different snapshot. [Angus Reid Institute]

Polling firm Léger goes into the field Mar 12-13 and gets some significantly different results than Angus Reid Institute. This Léger poll also includes a survey on Canadian attitudes about election interference. - DA

As they gear up to unveil their 2023 budget in a few weeks, the federal Liberals are in an uphill battle against the Conservatives in both ballot support and preferred prime minister numbers, according to latest numbers by Nanos Research. [CTV]

In 1923, the Canadian government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned virtually all Chinese immigrants from entering the country and forced Chinese people those already in Canada to register with the federal government.
Sen. Yuen Pau Woo is worried the foreign agent registry proposed by the government last week could be a modern version of that 100-year-old law. My file from last night. - DA [Global National]

The Conservatives get an Opposition Day in the House of Commons next week. What that means is, the Conservatives get to place a motion before the House for debate and a vote on anything they want. And what do they want? They want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford (above), to testify at a House of Commons committee for three hours on the topic of election interference. The Bloc Québecois and the NDP are highly likely to support this motion which means it should pass. 

Two committees have already attempted to get Telford to testify. The Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) committee is currently bogged down by an ongoing filibuster by Liberal MPs who oppose the idea of Telford testifying. The House Ethics (ETHI) committee will take up the matter of Telford's testimony next week. It too might get gummed up by procedural days caused by Liberal MPs.

There are two opposition motions on the order paper (scroll down or search the page for "chief of staff"); one calls for Telford to appear at PROC; one puts her at ETHI. The Tories will decide next week which one they'll have the House vote on.

But that House of Commons vote is coming, like it or not. 

Question then, for the PM: Will he obey the wishes of the House, if the vote passes, and order Telford to testify? Will he designate such a vote on Telford's testimony a vote of confidence and put the spotlight on the strength of the NDP-LIberal deal in which the NDP promised to vote with the government on a confidence matter so long as the Liberals were delivering on healthcare, housing, pharmacare, etc (as they are)? 

Will be an interesting week in Parliament.  - DA

Never-before-seen IRS records show that CEOs are sometimes making multimillion-dollar bets on the stocks of direct competitors and partners — and doing so with exquisite timing. [ProPublica]

A new film explores the work of two female journalists, Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole's, and their efforts to unmask a serial killer believed to have murdered 13 women between 1962 and 1964. [Smithsonian Mag]