AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoNATO Fallout: Trump wrapped up the Ankara summit saying there was “tremendous love,” but analysts say the meeting laid bare deep splits over spending, Iran, Ukraine, and Europe’s political direction. Canada Housing & Schools: A letter claims Lower Canada College is driving “a plague” of expansion plans, while Alberta’s education policy is accused of blocking child abuse prevention and adding heavy approval hurdles for classroom sexual health content. Markets & Rates: Tech stocks lifted futures after ASML’s strong earnings; meanwhile Canadians are watching today’s Bank of Canada interest-rate decision and June home-sales data. Energy & Mining: Canada will help pay for a power-line upgrade to expand B.C.’s Red Chris mine in the Stikine watershed. Business Moves: Bell finished its first sovereign direct-to-device satellite ground station in Quebec; Stripe and Advent reportedly made a $53B+ bid for PayPal. Weather & Safety: A wildfire heat dome situation has prompted air-quality warnings, and a separate incident shows a train engulfed by flames near the U.S. border. Health & Pharma: Septa acquired CeeNU (lomustine) from Bristol Myers Squibb Canada.
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