[NEWS] Five notes about Canada, from GG Julie Payette to lobster sent to China to Syrians in Ontario

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• Paul Wells reports on the process leading up to the selection of astronaut Julie Payette as Governor-General.


• At MacLean's, Scott Gilmore notes that the reluctance of the Conservative Party of Canada to embrace gay people is a big problem.


• VICE notes that the lobster of Atlantic Canada has become a prominent feature of Canada's trade with China.


• Toronto Life shares photos from a four-day vacation of a Syrian refugee family that took them across Ontario.


• CBC notes that the tourism sector in Jasper is wanting for workers, because of low wages and a high cost of living.