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World Conflicts Are Breaking Canadian Friendships
More than half of Canadians say it is getting harder for people who disagree about major international conflicts to stay friends. Only about a fifth think it is not getting harder, and just over a quarter say they’re unsure.
A Leger poll asked 1,538 people about four conflicts involving Russia and Ukraine, Russia and the United States, Iran and Western countries, and Israel v Palestine. The last was seen as the least reconcilable with only 14 per cent of respondents thinking that issue was reconcilable. Russia and the United States was the only pairing that was seen as more reconcilable than not, although even in that conflict the largest share of respondents was still unsure.
The pattern held among anglophone, francophone and allophone respondents. Association for Canadian Studies president Jack Jedwab said the splits are now spilling over into the interpersonal level. The poll didn’t measure expats separately, but for Canadians abroad, the same kind of conversation can run through local politics, Canadian news and family chats back home. Sometimes a minefield.
Read more: National Post
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Record $31B Pulled From U.S. Markets
Canadian investors sold a record $31 billion worth of U.S. stocks and equity funds in July. The exit was larger than the retreat seen during the March 2020 market crash.
It was also a sharp U-turn. Canadians had bought $78.1 billion in U.S. equities during the first six months of 2026, then found themselves heavy sellers July, mostly taking gains on shares of big tech companies. Canada was an outlier even as investors elsewhere stayed net buyers of American equities.
The Nasdaq was down 2.6 per cent through that month, but it had suffered worse showings three times earlier in the year, so the slip wasn’t likely the cause. Statistics Canada cannot tell us why millions of people traded, and a one-month swing doesn’t prove a lasting shift, but it seems likely that broader nationalistic sentiment played into the allocation decisions.
Read more: The Globe and Mail / Investment Executive