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Carney's Davos Plan Hits the UN, and Destination Weddings Need Spreadsheet Energy.
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Carney's Davos Plan Hits the UN
PM Mark Carney's January Davos idea is getting a test run at the United Nations. Canada's UN ambassador David Lametti said Ottawa is already working through smaller coalitions of countries that line up around specific problems, instead of waiting for the old superpower club to behave.
Lametti said it’s the same variable geometry Carney that has been jawboning about. The deal is that Canada is trying to get more done with whoever is willing, whether that means deals on Haiti, AI rules, human rights, protecting civilians in war, or rebuilding relationships that have gone sideways.
Canadian foreign policy is becoming less about the old reflex of asking Washington what time it is. For Canadians living outside Canada, that change in temperament is likely to show up in how Ottawa presents itself in the rooms where passports, sanctions, and consular headaches eventually get shaped.
Read more: Global News / Canada's National Observer
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Destination Weddings Need Spreadsheet Energy
Destination weddings are still doing their best bit as what often ends up being a vacation with added homework. A new Canadian Press piece says guests can face a price tag of thousands of dollars once flights, rooms, transfers, bags, meals, seat selection, travel insurance (click on our sponsor’s link!) and gifts get piled onto the invite.
MoneySense ran the piece on Thursday, and it hits a very specific Canadian-abroad nerve. If you live outside Canada, the family wedding is rarely a simple weekend away and it often means long-haul flights, school calendars, time off work, and explaining to relatives that crossing the ocean is not the same as driving to Banff.
The advice is straightforward enough to be useful. Look at savings, debt, disposable income, and the relationship before saying yes. Romance is lovely, but a credit-card hangover with compound interest added on is less photogenic.
Read more: MoneySense / Halifax CityNews