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Author: Kyle Volpi Hiebert
Publication Date: August 4, 2026 - 13:16
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Prediction Markets Corrupt Everything They Touch
August 4, 2026
Governments are finally waking up to the cost of turning tragedy into a tradable commodity
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will hold a press conference on Saturday morning after suspending trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and announcing steep retaliatory tariffs. Just minutes before a midnight deadline on Friday night, Carney said that Canada was withdrawing from the talks because “last-minute changes” to the agreement made by the U.S. “were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal.” Canada and the U.S. were engaged in negotiations to reach a deal that would avert new 50 per cent tariffs on $29 billion-worth of Canadian goods...
August 22, 2026 - 09:37 | Stuart Thomson , Christopher Nardi | National Post
Here is Prime Minister Mark Carney’s full statement released late Friday after the collapse of trade talks with the United States: August 21, 2026, Ottawa Over the past 18 months, Canada’s new government has focused on building our strength at home, diversifying our partnerships abroad, and striking a fair deal with the United States. Our objectives in our trade negotiations have been to: Preserve tariff-free access to the U.S. for the vast majority of Canadian business; Provide greater stability to our trade relationship; Significantly reduce U.S. tariffs on our key strategic...
August 22, 2026 - 09:12 | National Post Staff | National Post
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