Good morning. This is Hanna Lee. 

Next year, some Canadians will see new questions in the census — including, for the first time, about sexual orientation. Then, we'll look at how one Ontario man's dream car got caught in the Canada-U.S. trade war. Finally, my colleague Katie Simpson has a behind-the-scenes report on what it was like to cover Rob Ford, Toronto's chaotic former mayor.

Sexual orientation question to appear on census in 2026 for the first time

Statistics Canada will ask Canadian residents about their sexual orientation in the census for the first time next year. (Chris Tanouye/The Canadian Press)

Every five years when Canadians fill out the national census, one-quarter of them receive a long-form questionnaire. Next May, for the first time, those respondents will receive questions about homelessness, their health problems, and — for those age 15 and up — their sexual orientation, CBC News has learned.

What's happening: Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet approved the census questions on June 13. Most of them touch on typical topics, like cultural background and languages spoken. The new questions are meant to provide a complete picture of where people of different sexual orientations live across the country, as well as where Canadians are most at risk of becoming homeless. While people are required by law to fill these questions out, their answers are kept confidential.

Dream car plus 25% tariff? Ontario retiree's classic Mustang caught in trade war

Cameron Gillespie is a retiree in Brantford, Ont., who is a classic car enthusiast. He says he's looking forward to when his 1969 Mustang is parked in his garage. (Samantha Beattie/CBC)

The Shelby Mustang is being held at a dealership in Iowa.  (Submitted by Cameron Gillespie)

Larger impact: Tariffs are roiling the classic car business. TFX International, a Toronto-based car shipping firm that's also handling the Mustang, says it's losing up to $100,000 a week. It's holding 50 cars in a warehouse across the border for Canadians hoping the trade war will end soon. The effects are widespread, with everyone from mechanics to classic car shows feeling them. For Gillespie, while he pushes for a tariff exemption, his Mustang remains parked at the Iowa dealership from which he bought it.

BEHIND THE SCENES

What it was like covering Mayor Rob Ford — and featuring in Netflix's documentary about him

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CBC's Washington-based correspondent was working for a local 24-hour TV station while Rob Ford was mayor. (CBC)

Among many other scandals, former Toronto mayor Rob Ford was most well known for a 2013 video where he was seen smoking crack cocaine. At the time, our Washington-based correspondent Katie Simpson was working at a local 24-hour TV station, covering the mayor. She was featured in Netflix's recent documentary, Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem, which looks back at Ford's eventful tenure. 

• More on the documentary: Its director says its goal is to show the person behind the headlines.
   
• A look back: There was rarely a dull moment during Ford's tenure as mayor. 
   
• Go deeper: Here's a longform from 2013 on the forces that shaped Ford.

In case you missed it

• The recent U.S. strikes set Iran's nuclear program back by just a few months, according to two people familiar with a new U.S. intelligence report.
   
• Over text, the head of NATO called U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to order military strikes on Iran "truly extraordinary."
   
• NATO's new five per cent defence spending target would cost Canada up to $150 billion a year, Prime Minister Mark Carney said.
   
• Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she is concerned about foreign interference by Iran's regime, and potential terrorist sleeper cells in Canada. 
   
• A Cambridge, Ont., woman lost in the woods used three words to let police know her precise location. Here's how she did it.

And, a touching story...

Grade 9 class travels 230 km to bring grad party to P.E.I. teen in Halifax hospital

The McCabes celebrated Lauchlan’s Grade 9 graduation alongside his class at the IWK Health Centre with his family. (IWK Health/Ryan Wilson)

Lauchlan McCabe, a P.E.I. teen, is missing his Grade 9 graduation this month because he's receiving treatment for leukemia at a hospital in Halifax. But his schoolmates wouldn't let him graduate without a ceremony. Along with some school staff and a parent, they travelled more than 200 kilometres to celebrate with him at the children's hospital. They came with snacks and a plush toy — some of them had even shaved their heads in solidarity. "It was pretty cool," said Lauchlan. "Different, but really cool."