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Mark Carney lays out a bold vision for a new Canada–EU alliance — from seamless digital trade and critical minerals cooperation to shared AI safety protocols and sovereign compute. We’ll break down what “sovereignty” really means in this context, why Europe seems newly open to deeper partnership, and how Washington could respond.Then, daylight saving time edges closer to extinction: Manitoba joins a growing list of provinces and territories moving to permanent time, and with the U.S. debating a similar shift, Ontario and Quebec could be next. We dig into the real reasons DST has stuck around, and what the research says about the health and productivity costs of changing the clocks.Plus in The Big Picture: OpenAI flags concerning model behavior, EDC argues Canada needs more domestic processing to boost exports, and Stellantis labor tensions rise.The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com

Canada’s AI champion Cohere moves to scale up and stake its claim in “sovereign AI” by finalizing merger terms with Germany’s Aleph Alpha — a deal that could reshape the AI landscape. Plus, Salesforce launches an AI shopping agent as “agentic” commerce heats up and brands race to get recommended by chatbots. Also in the Big Picture: talk of Canada becoming the EU’s first “associate member,” the US Fed hikes rates for the first time in three years, and the projected cost of Alberta separation.The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com

In today’s episode of The Peak Daily, Jay breaks down Ottawa’s new “Productivity Mega Deduction” and what it could mean for major projects like pipelines, mines, data centres, and infrastructure. Then, Airbnb launches a $250M fund to help stalled multi-family rentals cross the finish line — amid ongoing debate over short-term rentals’ impact on housing affordability.Plus, in The Big Picture: Canada’s biggest airports open to private investment, Nvidia and Salesforce introduce a reasoning model built for business tasks, OpenAI explores Canada for future data centre partnerships, and more.New episodes daily — business news in under 10 minutes.The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com

The first day of Canada’s Investment Summit brought a wave of new commitments from banks, investors, and businesses, offering early signs that Ottawa’s push to unlock as much as $1 trillion in capital may be gaining momentum — even if most of the pledges aren’t binding.Plus, Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez and a Chinese state-backed newspaper are pushing back against calls from Silicon Valley’s biggest AI companies to slow development, arguing that safety concerns could be used to entrench dominant firms and constrain their competitors.And in The Big Picture: Canada’s annual inflation rate holds at 3%, Africa’s largest-ever IPO is set to make Aliko Dangote even richer, Google adds AI-powered protections for Canadian minors, companies race to trademark “Elbows Up,” Kawhi Leonard’s return to the Raptors is finalized, and more.The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com 

AI’s biggest companies are pledging to slow the development of frontier models and open their systems to independent evaluators, an unprecedented attempt to keep increasingly powerful technology from outrunning the industry’s ability to control it.Plus, Mark Carney’s Canada Investment Summit will pitch more than 160 energy and infrastructure projects to hundreds of global investors, testing Ottawa’s plan to unlock up to $1 trillion in capital and kick-start a Canadian investment boom.And in The Big Picture: Donald Trump signals a Canada-U.S. trade deal could be close, Sweden’s centre-left bloc wins the parliamentary election, attacks shut down a key Saudi oil pipeline, Texas halts approvals for new data centres, Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo dies at 89, and more.The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com