NEW - The Monday Study: Why Canada Walked Away From The Table

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Aug 25, 2026 · 19m

Canada pulled out of trade talks with the United States this weekend rather than accept a bad deal, and Lesley Kelly and Jimmy Zoubris reacted from opposite directions before landing somewhere unexpected. Lesley admits she felt punked reading the headlines the next morning. Jimmy assumed it was posturing until the details came out, then changed his mind entirely.

The Demand That Actually Killed The Deal

Money wasn't the sticking point that ended these talks. A repeated demand around language and packaging, dismissed by one side as a minor cost issue, gets read by both guests as the clearest…