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S1 E9 | Are We That Incompetent? Canada vs Saudi Arabia
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S1 E2 | Milk, Markets, and the Cost of Protection
Walk into any Canadian grocery store. Look at the dairy aisle. Check the price on a four-litre jug of milk. Now imagine walking across the border and doing the same thing in Buffalo or Detroit. You'll notice a difference. Not a massive one, but enough to make you wonder. We're talking about supply management: Canada's decades-old system that protects our dairy, poultry, and egg farmers through production quotas and import […]
Watch the numbers climb. Listen to the drills spinning up across the Canadian Shield. Read the tea leaves in gold price charts that look more like rocket trajectories than commodity markets. We're in the middle of a northern gold rush, and this time, it's not about prospectors with pickaxes: it's about billion-dollar mines, regulatory fast-tracks, and a metal that just won't stop climbing. The $5,000 Threshold Gold cracked $4,650 per […]
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the appointment of Janice Charette as Canada's Chief Trade Negotiator on February 16, 2026. Charette will lead the Canadian government's team in the upcoming review of the Canada-United-States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), set to begin later this year. The appointment comes as provinces across Canada prepare for negotiations that could impact budgets and economic planning. Charette brings four decades of public policy and diplomatic experience to the […]
OTTAWA : The federal government has appointed Janice Charette as Canada's chief trade negotiator to lead the country's upcoming negotiations on the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the appointment on February 16, 2026, as Canada prepares for a mandated review of the trilateral trade agreement. Charette will work alongside Canada's Ambassador to the United States, Mark Wiseman, to manage the review process. Background on the Appointment […]
Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a $6.6-billion domestic defence procurement strategy aimed at strengthening Canada’s military capacity while directing a greater share of federal spending toward Canadian companies. The plan, described by the federal government as a “Buy Canadian” defence initiative, would require that 70 percent of federal defence contracts be awarded to Canadian firms over the next decade. Officials say the move is designed to bolster national security, […]
Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that the country's annual inflation rate declined to 2.3 percent in January 2026, down from 2.4 percent in December 2025. The slowdown marks a continuation of the cooling trend that has characterized the Canadian economy over recent months. Gasoline Prices Drive Overall Decline The primary factor behind January's deceleration was a significant drop in gasoline prices. Year-over-year, pump prices fell 16.7 percent in January, compared with […]
