It’s a bird. It’s plane. No, it’s the Department of National Defence, who will be flying drones around downtown #OttCity from Monday, November 24 to Friday, November 28. Here is what you need to know: https://t.co/fspET7h7KI

New trade deal to chop red tape, knock down trade barriers across Canada https://t.co/2pDKYH3W49 via @CdnPressNews

MNI: Canadian Business Sentiment Best Since Trade War Began https://t.co/WWpy734o38 #cdnecon

The hourly cost to fly the F-35 is $36,000 U.S. or $50,500 Canadian. The hourly cost to fly the Gripen is $7,000 U.S. or $9,800.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Larry Summers takes leave from teaching at Harvard, where he once served as president, after release of Epstein emails.

"Had the Conservatives been elected earlier this year, they were happily hell bent on shutting down the CBC... If the CBC and its supporters refuse to understand the existential threat... the CBC could soon be a thing of the past," says Andrew Cardozo, former CRTC Commissioner.

What to do about bias at the CBC/Radio-Canada https://t.co/IHpW6F4PlJ #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch

This speech talks #productivity and it seems to be a dirty word meaning workers are pushed harder, when in fact it should mean giving workers tools to get more done in less time and get paid more. And maybe even more competitive markets that reduce cell phone bills?

The mandate for a 2% inflation target is of course good and ensuring the Bank's independence is important. But the tradeoff between potential criticism and using the Bank's legion of economists to give candid advice on where #canada could do better seems worth it.

These kinds of #bankofcanada speeches are more in line with the preamble to the federal law that created it with a wide-ranging view of economic well-being for all, and to me better than what is often called a "mechanical" view of monetary policy.

Wells Fargo sees Sunny Ways on #cusma? "Renegotiating the USMCA will be in focus, although we hold the view that no adverse changes to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement will be made, similar to how the USMCA was not much different than NAFTA." #cdnecon #cdnpoli

News from Japan: MNI POLICY: BOJ To Phase Out Underlying CPI Gradually https://t.co/ZWGvG25qFD

November jobs report now delayed until Dec 16th, after the Fed meeting. So a rate decision will have to be made without October OR November BLS data. Odds of a cut just dropped below 40%.

Also, the CRTC sort of catches up to the influencers and streaming era in regulating "Canadian content": "The content may be broadcast by any broadcasting undertaking, whether traditional or online."

"While artificial intelligence may serve as a potential tool to assist in the creation of Canadian content, humans should hold creative control." https://t.co/vB1r4vqoyW

Kheiriddin: Poilievre lets Carney's irresponsible budget slide "Stubbs, cited “medical leave,” but her Instagram feed shows regular posts all week, implying that she might have been able to press a button on the voting app after all." https://t.co/UdVjxMEtkq via @nationalpost

A.H. Wilkens to Auction Gordon Lightfoot's Iconic Canadian Heritage Guitar

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Call for Proposals to the CEA Board of Directors / Appel à propositions au conseil d'administration de l'ACE

Giroux: “It probably signals a desire for the government to have the same function, providing analysis and information to parliamentarians, but maybe in a quieter way than what has been done recently, or not so recently.”