Brexit countdown, Canada votes, Erdogan’s gamble: Weekend Reads

[Balance of Power]( From [Bloomberg Politics]( [FOLLOW US [Facebook Share]]( [Twitter Share]( [SUBSCRIBE [Subscribe]](  Can he pull it off? U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking enough votes to get his Brexit deal through a Parliament where he lacks a majority, and where his Northern Irish allies say they can’t support it. Can he pull it off? Justin Trudeau is no longer the political superstar he once was, and it's going to be a struggle to eke out another term when Canadians go to the polls next week. And speaking of pulling it off, Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have just outfoxed self-proclaimed deal master Donald Trump on Syria policy. Catch up on these and other topics with the latest edition of Weekend Reads. — [Kathleen Hunter]( Johnson shakes hands with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. [Read our exclusive account]( of how he pulled off the “impossible” divorce agreement with European leaders. [Click here for an assessment]( of the parliamentary math before today’s vote [and here for more]( of Bloomberg’s most compelling political photos form the past seven days. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg [Once a Superstar, Canada’s Trudeau Fights for His Political Life]( Dogged by controversy and declining popularity, the prime minister is still the favorite — but barely. [Ethan Bronner]( takes a closer look at what went wrong. [Click here for interactive charts]( showing where things stand on the cusp of Monday’s election. [Canadian Conservatives Want This ‘Barbecue Dad’ to Beat Trudeau]( [Theophilos Argitis]( profiles Andrew Scheer — the former speaker of Canada’s House of Commons — who’s running to oust Trudeau on a platform of extreme relatability. [The Fortune Buried in Canada’s Oil Sands May Swing This Election]( Trudeau thinks the nation can be both an oil superpower and a climate pioneer. As [Kevin Orland]( and [Natalie Obiko Pearson]( report, this election will show if voters disagree.  The Athabasca oil sands near Fort McMurray. Photographer: Ben Nelms/Bloomberg[Erdogan’s ‘Too Big to Fail’ Gamble Pays Off, But Carries Risk]( President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long based his dealings with the U.S. and Europe on a bet: that threats to cut his country loose or crush its economy won’t be followed through, because Turkey is simply too strategically important. The wager just paid off, [Marc Champion]( and Selcan Hacaoglu report. [To Win Giuliani’s Help, Oligarch’s Allies Pursued Biden Dirt]( Associates of a Ukrainian oligarch fighting extradition to the U.S. were working to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden last summer in an effort to get Rudy Giuliani’s help in the oligarch’s legal case, [Stephanie Baker]( and [Irina Reznik]( report. [Pensioners Sleep Outside Zimbabwe Banks as Savings Vanish Again]( As hundreds of pensioners line up outside a bank in central Harare in the hope of collecting their pensions, military veteran Elias Nyabunzi has a sense that he has seen this all before. [Ray Ndlovu]( spoke to pensioners in Zimbabwe, who are among the hardest hit in an economy that’s stagnated for almost 20 years.  who passed away this week, was a key figure in the House impeachment probe. [Click here for the latest]( on the inquiry into Trump. [Census Could Miss Millions, Even Without a Citizenship Question]( Community groups are working to convince Latinos that answering the decennial survey isn’t just important, it’s essential.[Reade Pickert]( explains why. [Indonesia Oligarchs Are Trying to Yank Power From the President]( Indonesia’s elites are edging closer to securing constitutional changes to strip President Joko Widodo of key powers in a move that could eventually end direct elections. As [Arys Aditya]( and [Karlis Salna]( write, it presents the most crucial test for democracy in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy since the downfall of the dictator Suharto in 1998. [And finally]( … 2019 has seen a slow, steady advancement of women in leadership positions. It’s been a slightly different story in the aviation industry. Women still make up just over 7% of all pilots in the U.S., according to the most recent data. The numbers are even worse for black women — they make up fewer than 1% of all pilots holding airline transport, pilot, commercial, military, and/or certified flight instructor licenses.[ Jennifer Zabasajja]( takes a closer look at Sisters of the Skies, a group that aims to change that. A meeting of Sisters of the Skies. Source: Sisters of the Skies   You received this message because you are subscribed to the Bloomberg Politics newsletter Balance of Power. You can tell your friends to [sign up here](.  [Unsubscribe]( | [Bloomberg.com]( | [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022