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Canada Is Diversifying Away From the United States. The Pivot Is the Most Consequential Economic Decision in Its Modern History — and It Is Being Covered as a Trade Dispute.
Byadmin July 15, 2026July 15, 2026

The Bank of Canada is projecting 0.7% GDP growth in 2026 while managing the fallout from the USMCA collapse and accelerating trade diversification through new commercial relationships in Europe, Asia, and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) — the trade framework the United States exited in 2017. Reporting from Convera and the…

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Canada’s Asylum Safety Net Is Becoming a Referral System
BySocialStorytellers Collective News Desk June 26, 2026June 26, 2026

Canada’s asylum system still exists. What has changed is who gets to use it. Under Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, which received Royal Assent on March 26, 2026, the Canadian government introduced two new eligibility rules that determine whether an asylum seeker’s claim reaches the Immigration and Refugee Board, the…

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Canada’s Asylum Safety Net Is Becoming a Referral System
BySocialStorytellers Collective News Desk June 21, 2026June 21, 2026

When “safe third country” rules send people back into U.S. enforcement, protection becomes procedural instead of real. At the Canadian border, the question facing one Honduran family was not simply whether they needed protection. It was whether the system would recognize the way they arrived as the correct way to ask for it. Carlos, Antonia…

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