Good morning. Federal party leaders gear up for French and English debates this week, and trade uncertainties make it hard to estimate the coming rate decision. More on all that below, along with National Canadian Film Day and cherry blossoms. Let’s get to it.

The latest: U.S. President Donald Trump is suggesting that a separate set of tariffs on Chinese-made smartphones and other electronics could be announced as soon as today after granting exemptions for them just before the weekend, while his administration also prepares a new pharmaceutical tariff that could hammer Canada.

What else: Asylum seekers turned away at the Canadian border and returned to the U.S. are increasingly being detained, a shift in policy that critics say calls into question the Safe Third Country Agreement.

What’s next: Financial markets and analysts are split on whether the Bank of Canada will deliver another quarter-point interest-rate cut on Wednesday. The coming federal election and erratic U.S. trade policy are making economic forecasting almost impossible.

From Windsor: A sense of betrayal festers in Windsor, Ont., where Trump’s tariffs could wreak havoc on the local economy.

From New York: Why Wall Street power brokers are, somehow, still optimistic about Trump and tariffs.

From the polls: Nearly three-quarters of Canadians support an East-West pipeline for oil and liquefied natural gas, a new poll suggests.

The latest: As people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, Russian missiles struck the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy, killing at least 34 people, officials said. The dead included two children, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said in a statement. A further 117 people were wounded, including 15 children, it said.

What’s next: The Kremlin said that contacts with Donald Trump’s team were moving ahead but that it was too early to expect results because of the damage done to Russia-U.S. relations under Joe Biden.

The latest: Reel Canada organizes screenings of Canadian films for high-school students and new Canadians. Now, in the “elbows-up” atmosphere, it’s more popular than ever. They are offering about 200 different titles and expect 100,000 people to attend in-person screenings. Streamers and broadcasters are also expected to draw an estimated two million viewers.

What’s next: At the event scheduled for Wednesday, organizers expect to break their 2017 record, when they got extra funding for Canada 150 and boasted 1,800 screenings.

Next read: At CinemaCon, lessons on how Hollywood and theatres can make moviegoing great again.

The latest: The federal Conservatives and Liberals are in a bidding war to cut red tape for major resource projects that will help Canada weather the economic storms brought by the U.S. tariff war. But similar promises have been made before, and many changes are needed if Canada is to secure investments in its own resource development.