Has Canada won over global investors?
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Has Canada won over global investors?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 19, 202626 min

Mark Carney is rolling out tax breaks and opening some airports to private money in an attempt to woo foreign investors. Between those moves and a proposed cinq-à-sept with Europe, a lot of stuff went down this week. We ask Rob Russo, Canadian correspondent for The Economist, what it all means. Plus, a look at the rise of vertical films and the one thing that seems to be uniting Canadians: a growing dislike for data centres.

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I'm very happy to be able to see the world of the world in one of the most important things. I'm very happy to be here with Shopify, and I'm very happy to be here with a lot of people who are very happy. I'm very happy to be here with a lot of people who are from India,

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who are very happy. Very happy. I'm very happy to be here with you. I'm very happy to be here with you.

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If you're new to the world, I'm very happy to be here with you. I'm very happy to be here with you. Shopify is the one that's coming soon.

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