Turkey shoot 🦃 —Canada gets closer with Turkey, Banks are nervous about AI agents.
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Turkey shoot 🦃 —Canada gets closer with Turkey, Banks are nervous about AI agents.

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 23, 20266 min
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Canada and Turkey get serious about trade and defence during Mark Carney’s historic visit to Ankara. Plus, major banks move to restrict AI agents from accessing customer accounts over rogue spending concerns. And in the big picture, Ottawa demands Cleveland-Cliffs reverse Stelco layoffs, Canadian diplomats get midterm rules, and 1Password hits $500M ARR. The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com

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Hey, peak pals, I'm Alex Blumenstein and this is your peak daily for Friday, October 23rd, 2026, where we cover the biggest stories in Canadian business, finance and tech all in less than 10 minutes. I don't know where Jay is.

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Maybe I'll never find him, but I will probably find him tomorrow or Monday, I guess, because today's Friday. So maybe you'll hear from him then. I hope we'll see.

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Anyway, here's what we're covering. First up, Canada and Turkey are getting serious. Next, banks don't want AI agents spending your money. And in the big picture, Cleveland Cliffs has 15 days

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